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Carol Dyhouse’s Love Lives examines how Cinderella stories have shaped women’s expectations By focusing on fairy tales, Dyhouse gives a sense of narrative cohesion to the fitful, complex, uneven revolution in postwar family life. We tried, like most parents we know, to steer our three-year-old away from “girly girl” culture, but even so, she has spent the past year flouncing around in princess dresses and asking everyone to marry her. Perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised; princesses are, after all, beautiful, noble and, even when they are complete drips or comatose and waiting for a man to kiss them back to life, they are at the centre of the story. Besides, it’s not clear what my daughter takes princesses to be. She is just as likely to be busting crime in a crayon-stained gown as begging me for lipstick. But I sometimes wonder if this is how it all begins, if this is how girls learn that they can do whatever they want, provided they are attractive and desirable. I won

United kingdomBetty friedanJonathan gershunyDisney cinderellaCarol dyhousePeggy orensteinJulie andrewsStephanie coontzColette dowlingLove livesFrom cinderellaIndustrial revolutionCinderella complexNew statesman magazineInternational politicsBritish politics