Kamala: Feminist Folktales from Around the World

Kamala: Feminist Folktales from Around the World

In this second volume of reissued classic folktales, a Punjabi woman outwits seven ruthless thieves, an Incan girl restores harmony to the empire, and a mischievous Norwegian lass thwarts her entitled landowner. Spanning centuries and continents, the stories in Kamala recall how the dazzling courage, cleverness, and power of women hold our world together.

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Feminist Folk Tales from Around the World

Feminist Folk Tales from Around the World is a 3-book series first released in 1978 with contributions by Ethel Johnston Phelps and Pamela Baldwin-Ford.

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The Maid of the North: Feminist Folk Tales from Around the World
Kamala: Feminist Folktales from Around the World

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An interesting collection of folk tales from many parts of the world, Kamala features strong heroines who are polar opposites of the damsels in distress stereotypes that the more popular Disney movies represent.

April 2, 2023