Fairy tales in service of political projectsTratnik, Polona (Avtor) fairy talessocial functionpolitical functioncritical theorycapitalismsocialismnationideologyThe production of fairy tales depends on political interests. The tales’ regimes of production and anticipated reception condition their inscribed ideological inclinations and erasures. I examine how Kinder- und Hausmärchen by the brothers Grimm contributed to nation-building and, focusing on “Hansel and Gretel,” how the changing regimes of production required omissions in the translations of the Grimms’ tales into Slovenian. I argue that the sui generis appropriation of the tale titled “Janko and Metka” by the writer France Bevk helped build a socialist nation. Finally, the article comments on some issues in capitalist regimes of fairy-tale production.20242024-10-03 14:06:45Članek v reviji163185UDK: 316.74:398.2ISSN pri članku: 1521-4281COBISS_ID: 210114051sl