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Politically Correct Holiday Stories: for an Enligh Tened Yule : For an Enlightened Yuletide Season
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Politically correct holiday tales for diverse readers.
This book is a must-read for those who want to experience holiday stories that are adjusted to be more inclusive. James Finn Garner has done an exceptional job of reworking well-known tales to be appropriate for all walks of life. The book is a hardback with 112 pages filled with stories that will rekindle the "true holiday spirit" and ensure readers can appreciate the festivities regardless of their background.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
Politically Correct Holiday Stories: for an Enligh Tened Yule : For an Enlightened Yuletide Season
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ISBN: 9780028604206
Authors:
James Finn Garner
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Date of Publication: 1995-01-01
Format: Hardcover
Goodreads rating: 3.53
(rated by 1126 readers)
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Whether your favorite holiday story is A Christmas Carol, The Story of Hanukkah, or 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, you'll find it transformed to reflect current sensibilities in Politically Correct Holiday Stories. Injecting our popular holiday fables with a modern perspective is no easy task, but someone had to do it -- and who better than the proven master of cultural sensitivity? James Finn Garner joyfully frees these holiday tales from sexism, ageism, religious imperialism, and every other sorry vestige of our flawed, low-consciousness past. So gather the family (whether traditional, dysfunctional, co-dependent, or otherwise) around the hearth, and read aloud these tales as they should have been told the first time.
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Politically correct holiday tales for diverse readers.
This book is a must-read for those who want to experience holiday stories that are adjusted to be more inclusive. James Finn Garner has done an exceptional job of reworking well-known tales to be appropriate for all walks of life. The book is a hardback with 112 pages filled with stories that will rekindle the "true holiday spirit" and ensure readers can appreciate the festivities regardless of their background.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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