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>Any specific Eastern European fairy tales you can point me towards??
I would suggest the tales which predominate Pressburger's regional
perspective: those involving dark invasion (wolves, vampiric, and are
chronicled as links to the darkness of geography: Yugoslavian film has
similar 'medieval' links based on senses of purity and linked to notions of
Europe versus the East in some ways etc) and those involving beauty
(Rapunzel etc). Jack Zipes is a worthy place to start looking for details;
but some links also to Romani tales here are indicated.
Carol
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