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Enculturating Gender: Examining Bestselling Children's Picture Books
(North Dakota State University, 2010)
This research examines gender depictions in 20 current bestselling children's picture
books. I argue that children's picture books, specifically those aimed at children 0-5 years
of age, portray gender in a way that ...
The Power to (Re )Produce: Biological Determinism in McTeague.
(North Dakota State University, 2010)
In McTeague: A Story of San Francisco, Frank Norris explores life among the
working class of Polk Street. Through his unflattering portrayal of all the immigrant
characters in the novel, Norris demonstrates his well-documented ...
Lord of the Living Souls: Dominion and the Spiritual Lives of Animals in Milton's Paradise Lost
(North Dakota State University, 2010)
This paper examines Milton's views of the spiritual status of animals as presented in
Paradise lost. It discusses how Milton enters into discussion with the discourses of
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theology, philosophy, and both antique and ...
Jacques Lacan and Mary Shelley: Repressed Abandonment in Frankenstein
(North Dakota State University, 2010)
Mary Shelley's early life was fraught with developmental problems. Like
Victor Frankenstein's Creation, she lacked a genuine chance to experience what
Jacques Lacan calls the Real with her mother. While some readings ...
"Putting on My Feminist Pants": How Academic Feminists Use Clothing to Construct Professional Identity
(North Dakota State University, 2010)
Feminism has traditionally been concerned with issues of women's bodies;
however, an examination of women's bodies in clothing has been largely overlooked,
especially in relation to feminists themselves. Constructing ...