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Re-Writing the Frontier Myth: Gender, Race, and Changing Conceptions of American Identity in Little House on the Prairie

Sargeant, Kristin M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1335871116

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2012, BA, Oberlin College, History.
"Little House on the Prairie" has remained popular since the release of the first book in 1932, and has enjoyed particular moments of resonance in the 1930s, 1970s, and late 1990s. This study explores why "Little House" has endured through multiple generations, looking at this phenomenon through the lens of historical memory. Through its placement within one of America's foundational myths, the frontier myth, and its subsequent democratization of that myth in moments of social and political change, "Little House" has celebrated America's ability to become more inclusive yet retain its most essential qualities. This thesis uses changing portrayals of gender and race in various incarnations of "Little House" as case studies to examine this process of democratization.
Renee Romano, PhD (Advisor)
91 p.
American History; American Studies; History
Little House; Laura Ingalls Wilder; Gender; Race; Historical Memory

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  • Sargeant, K. M. (2012). Re-Writing the Frontier Myth: Gender, Race, and Changing Conceptions of American Identity in Little House on the Prairie [Undergraduate thesis, Oberlin College]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1335871116

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sargeant, Kristin. Re-Writing the Frontier Myth: Gender, Race, and Changing Conceptions of American Identity in Little House on the Prairie. 2012. Oberlin College, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1335871116.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sargeant, Kristin. "Re-Writing the Frontier Myth: Gender, Race, and Changing Conceptions of American Identity in Little House on the Prairie." Undergraduate thesis, Oberlin College, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1335871116

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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