Starting with snow white

TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
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ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................................... iii 
DEDICATION .....................................................................................................................v 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................................................................. vi 
LIST OF FIGURES .............................................................................................................x 
CHAPTER 
1.
INTRODUCTION: THE TRANSFORMATION OF AN AMERICAN 
SNOW WHITE 
TRADITION THROUGH HISTORY AND MEDIA ..........................1 
2.
SNOW WHITE:
THE ORIGINS OF A “CLASSIC” ..................................................23 
3.
TRANSLATING CONTENT ACROSS CONTEXTS: FINDING ONE’S 
PURCHASE ON THE AMERICAN FAIRY TALE THROUGH 
SNOW 
WHITE
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4.
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS:
DISNEY’S RESOUNDING 
INFLUENCE ON THE AMERICAN FAIRY TALE ...............................................115 
5.
FOLLOWING DISNEY:
SNOW WHITE 
SUCCESSORS WANDA GÁG 
AND BOB CLAMPETT EMPLOY A NEW FOLKLORIC MODEL .....................175 
6.
CONCLUSION: TRANSFORMING DISNEY: RECUPERATIVE POWER 
AND POSSIBILITIES IN POSTMODERN, CONTEMPORARY, AND 
FUTURE 
SNOW WHITE 
ADAPTATIONS ..............................................................227 
REFERENCES CITED ....................................................................................................241
 

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LIST OF FIGURES 
Figure 
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1.
Gág’s Queen ……………………………………….…………………………..190 
2.
“Snow White, the Queen and the Magic Mirror 1”………………….…..……..190 
3.
“She Ran All Day Through Woods and Woods” ……..……....………..….…...191 
4.
“Snow White Runs Through the Woods (Disney)”………..…..…...……..........192 
5.
Gág, Gutenberg, Title page …………………………………………………….193 
6.
Gág, Coward-McCann, Title page ……………………………..…...………….193 
7.
Dwarfs’ Discovery of Snow White, Gág…………………..…………………...196 
8.
Dwarfs’ Mining, ………………….…………………………………….………196 
9.
Dwarfs’ Mining Again……………………………...…………………………..197 
10.
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) – Heigh Ho” ……………………..198 
11.
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) – Heigh Ho” (Mines) ….......…….198 
12.
Dwarfs’ Wedding Invitation, Gág…………………..…………...……………...204 
13.
So White, Clampett………….………..……….……………………..…...…….215 

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CHAPTER 1 
INTRODUCTION: THE TRANSFORMATION OF AN AMERICAN 
SNOW WHITE
TRADITION THROUGH HISTORY AND MEDIA 
Recovering the History Behind America’s “First” 
Snow White 
Snow White
, in its broader tradition,
 
is frequently recalled with a handful of 
“classic” fairy tales, but with Walt Disney’s production of 
Snow White and the Seven 
Dwarfs 
(1937), it was transformed into an American “classic.” Was Disney’s the first 
American 
Snow White?
Some discourse spanning scholarly and public spheres would 
seem to suggest that yes, Disney’s version was first, or the first that mattered anyway.
One need look no further than a host of scholarly articles and texts—exploring American 
popular culture, film, literature, and folklore (amongst others)—to find Disney’s