Woke Cinderella

Glass slippers, a fairy godmother, a ball, a prince, an evil stepfamily, and a poor girl known for sitting amongst the ashes: incarnations of the "e;Cinderella"e; fairy tale have resonated throughout the ages. Hidden between the lines of this fairy tale exists a history of fantasy about agency, power, and empowerment. This book examines twenty-first-century "e;Cinderella"e; adaptations that envision the classic tale in the twenty-first century through the lens of wokenesss by shifting rhetorical implications and self-reflexively granting different possibilities for protagonists. The contributors argue that the "e;Cinderella"e; archetype expands past traditional takes on the passive princess. From Sex and the City to Game of Thrones, from cyborg "e;Cinderellas"e; to Inglorious Basterds, contributors explore gender-bending and feminist adaptations, explorations of race and the body, and post-human and post-truth rewritings. The collection posits that contemporary "e;Cinderella"e; adaptations create a substantive cultural product that both inform and reflect a contemporary social zeitgeist.