A Xmas fairytale: The shoes that were danced to pieces
Anthropologist Chris Knight retells the Brothers Grimm tale of twelve princesses who dance secretly each night, and links it to theories about early human sexual morality. AI summary of the listing
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NB this event is not 'sold out', just turn up LIVE or ZOOM, see links below This delightful fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm has become a Radical Anthropology tradition, told every year on the last day of the autumn term, just before Christmas. It tells of twelve princesses and their periodic trips to the underworld, the narrator treating patriarchal marriage as a cruel punishment imposed on a coalition of sisters…
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