THE BROTHERS GRIMM SOCIETY
OF NORTH AMERICA
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Dr. Cristina Bacchilega is a Professor Emerita at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and an elected Fellow of the American Folklore Society. A pioneering figure in fairy-tale studies, folklore, and narrative culture, Dr. Bacchilega’s scholarship investigates fairy tales and their adaptations through critical frameworks of gender, decolonial theory, translation, and social justice.
In addition to co-editing Marvels & Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies from 2013 to 2024, she is the author and editor of numerous groundbreaking works, including Inviting Interruptions: Wonder Tales in the 21st Century (co-edited with Jennifer Orme), An Ocean of Wonder: The Fantastic in the Pacific (co-edited with kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui and Joyce Pualani Warren), and Justice in 21st-Century Fairy Tales and the Power of Wonder (co-authored with Pauline Greenhill).
When: September 15, 1:00 pm EST/EDT.
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The BGSNA is a literary, nonprofit (501)(c)(3) public benefit corporation. It was organized under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law for public purposes in the state of Florida on October 2, 2021. The purposes of the corporation are to encourage and promote the study and research of all aspects of the legacy and the spirit of the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, their works, their lives, their period, and the historic and contemporary dissemination of the Grimms' fairy tales as well as their other texts.
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“The Brothers Grimm:
The Real Story of Germany's Storytellers”
by Gabriele Rose (2022)
"[...] This film tells the unknown side of the famous fairy tale collectors through scenes and interviews with the two brothers based on original texts. The docudrama provides an intensive insight into the lives of the two great writers and shows how close their relationship was."
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“It is excellent! … Anyone who might want to teach a course about fairy tales should begin with this film, for it raises many questions and clarifies who the Grimms were and how important they are.”
- Prof. Jack Zipes
“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”