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“Nothing To Do But Be Borne And Steered”: Unpacking Feminist Scripts In Elana Arnold’S Damsel, Jenna Spiering, Nicole Ann Amato Oct 2022

“Nothing To Do But Be Borne And Steered”: Unpacking Feminist Scripts In Elana Arnold’S Damsel, Jenna Spiering, Nicole Ann Amato

Faculty Publications

Feminism in novels marketed for young adults often reflects the values of a popular feminism that relies on individual and personal means of empowerment, rather than critiquing or seeking to dismantle systems of domination. In this paper, we illumminate frameworks and methods for engaging students in careful readings and evaluations of texts marketed as feminist, through an analysis of Elana Arnold’s feminist fairy tale, Damsel (2018). Drawing on theoretical frameworks of popular feminism, feral feminism, and theories of becoming, the authors use Critical Content Anlaysis to explore several tenets in contemporary feminist thought in order to analyze Arnold’s text and …


When Bisexuality Is Spoken: Normalizing Bi Latino Boys In Adam Silvera’S They Both Die At The End, Trevor Boffone Apr 2022

When Bisexuality Is Spoken: Normalizing Bi Latino Boys In Adam Silvera’S They Both Die At The End, Trevor Boffone

Research on Diversity in Youth Literature

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Review Of Somewhere In The Bayou By Jarrett Pumphrey& Jerome Pumphrey, Janelle Burd Jan 2022

Review Of Somewhere In The Bayou By Jarrett Pumphrey& Jerome Pumphrey, Janelle Burd

Library Intern Book Reviews

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Review Of Snow Horses: A First Night Story By Patricia Maclachlan, Janelle Burd Jan 2022

Review Of Snow Horses: A First Night Story By Patricia Maclachlan, Janelle Burd

Library Intern Book Reviews

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