Three Wishes for Cinderella : Fitting a Czech shoe to a Norwegian foot
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| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Journal of Scandinavian Cinema |
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| Web | stránka časopisu |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jsca_00040_1 |
| Keywords | Christmas film; Cinderella; biological adaptation; cultural adaptation; film; voice-over |
| Description | The article outline arguments explaining the lasting success of the Czechoslovak and East German film Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973). Drawing on newer theories of adaptation, the article addresses the following questions: what mutation did the Cinderella narrative undergo and how did it influence the acceptance of the film adaptation in the Czech and Norwegian context? Are there any non-adaptive explanations for changes in the narrative that can be perceived as a ‘random drift’? How is the persistence of this particular adaptation supported in various cultural contexts? Can we speak about cross-cultural indigenization in the case of Three Wishes for Cinderella? |
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