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Rapunzella, Or, Don’t Touch My Hair

Ella McLeod

Rapunzella follows a girl whose everyday life intersects with a dangerous fairy-tale world. The novel reworks classic fairy-tale material in the context of Blackness, centering Black hair and the process of coming into identity. Its narrative brings the girl's ordinary experience together with a perilous realm of folklore, connecting cultural context, hair, and self-definition within the same story.

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Themes
Cultural Heritage · Fantasy And Magic · Folklore And Mythology · Identity
Format
Paperback
Publisher
little bee books
Published
June 11, 2024
ISBN-13
9781499816334
Language
English
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