San Antonio College Library

A study based on the premise that literary fairy tales were consciously cultivated and employed in 17th-century France to reinforce the regulation of sexuality in modern Europe and that the discourse on manners and gender roles in fairy tales has contributed more to the creation of our present-day social norms that we realize.

Maria Tatar analyses the many forms the tale of Bluebeard's wife has taken over time, showing how artists have taken the Bluebeard theme and revived it with their own signature twists.