Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction - Once upon a time … Nadi Fadina and Luke Hockley
Section One - There was a Prince/ss …
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1 Transnational fantasies of masculinity
TERRIE WADDELL
2 Snow White and the Huntsman: the fairytale of gender and the female warrior
LUKE HOCKLEY
3 The second loss of androgyny: the fairytale of dualism.
NADI FADINA
Section Two - The Quest, The Old Wise Helper and the Magical Object…
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4 Crumbling rejuvenation: archetype, embodiment and the ‘Aging Beauty Myth’
JOSIE DOLAN
5 Finding the golden egg: illusions of happiness in an age of consumer capitalism
CATRIONA MILLER
6 The self-knowledge industry and myths of happiness
RYAN HOWES
7 The shadow of redemption: the Grail and the self-knowledge industry
JOANNA DOVALIS
Section Three - May All Your Wishes Come True …
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8 Engaging marriage: rom coms and fairytale endings
HEATHER BROOK
9 The myth of authentic self-actualisation: happiness, transformation and reality TV
GREG SINGH
10 A difficult task: Sarah Lund and the crime of individuated happiness
ALEC CHARLES