Appropriated Tales: Race and the Disney Fairy-Tale Mode

Michelle Anya Anjirbag is an affiliated researcher in the department of literature at the University of Antwerp and coauthor of Age in David Almond’s Oeuvre: A Multi-Method Approach to Studying Age and the Life Course in Children’s Literature. Her research focuses broadly on fairy-tale studies and folklore, Disney, race, gender, age, adaptation, and the intersection of literature, media, and culture. She has published numerous articles in journals such as Fabula, The Journal of American Culture, Marvels & Tales, and Humanities.