Gender Fluidity in Folktales

Region:

South West

Notice Period:

Regular (more than one month's notice)

Type:

professional

Fee:

Paid

Category:

Humanities

Updated:

24^th March 2019

Tagged:

Storytelling | Transgender | Folklore

Same sex relationships and people who identify as a different gender are well represented in folk tales. This talk retells some of those tales, puts them in context and perhaps leaves you to ask how we lost them.

Janet is a storyteller and folklorist- finding the old stories and sharing them with new audiences. But she also researches and digs deep for the stories behind the stories, whether it be one of the 39 different versions of RedRiding Hood or the real secrets of Bluebeard. She performs professionally as an oral storyteller, and runs workshops for people to learn the skills of storytelling. She won a prize from the Folklore Society for her paper on "Naming the Green Man of the medieval church."

Other Talks on SpeakerNet by Janet Dowling

• Naming the Green Man of the Medieval Church
• Devon Ghost Tales
• Lust and Revenge: the passion of the night sky
• No Damsels in Distress
• The Secret life of Red Riding Hood
• Hold Up Death!