Question: In the artistic retelling of fairytales, does art help counteract ideology?
What do you mean by art? From Jeanette's introduction I can only assume that by art you are asking "In the artistic retelling of fairytales, does authenticity help counteract ideology?" I believe Winterson's meaning was to propose her concerns of people's immense interest in biographies, reality TV, and documentaries. But what is artful about revealing facts--without the makeup of imagination? The retelling of fairytales makes art authentic, therefore counteracting the ideology of our day by using mythic qualities to show the "permanent truths about human nature." These so-called truths are nothing more than fabricated beliefs about how, for example, a woman should act and look, most likely made up from patriarchal influenced ideology. And so through art we can bring to light what was thought to be truths of human nature and contradict them by retelling them using different ideologies. F or example, in Angela Carter's "Ashputtle" we see the modern concern of women who believe they must look a certain way to get the man that they want, but the artful presentation of this makes readers ask: would Ashputtle have gotten the man if she was her original self? Would he have wanted a burned wife? There is then presented the harsh reality of human nature, our mind-frames and corrupt ways of thinking, a representation to get readers thinking about problems at hand.
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