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Bloody Murder: The Homicide Tradition in Children's Literature

Michelle Ann Abate

Through rereadings of well-known works, such as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, and The Outsiders, Michelle Ann Abate explores how acts of homicide connect these works with an array of previously ...

Tom/boys: The Racialization of White Tomboys in American ...

Michelle Ann Abate

Through the work of classic lesbian pulp novelists such as Ann Bannon and popular tomboy stars such as Tatum O'Neal, white tomboys continued to "fade to black."

C.S. Lewis

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Michelle Ann Abate, Lance Weldy. As Roderick McGillis notes in the Preface of his edited book, Voices of the Other: Children's Literature and the Postcolonial Context, “The best laid schemes, we know, often go awry,”1 and while he refers to ...

The Big Smallness: Niche Marketing, the American Culture ...

Michelle Ann Abate

Dr. George Rekers, who has written books like Growing Up Straight: What Every Family Should Know About Homosexuality (1982) and has been described as “a prominent expert on genderdisturbed children” (Nicolosi and Nicolosi 187), was ...

Tomboys: A Literary and Cultural History

Michelle Ann Abate

Tomboys also explores the gender and sexual dynamics of tomboyism, and offers intriguing discussions of race and ethnicity's role in the construction of the enduring cultural archetype.

Raising Your Kids Right: Children's Literature and American ...

Michelle Ann Abate

Highlighting the works of William Bennett, Lynne Cheney, Bill O'Reilly, and others, she brings together such diverse fields as cultural studies, literary criticism, political science, childhood studies, brand marketing, and the cult of ...

Disciplining Girls: Understanding the Origins of the Classic ...

Joe Sutliff Sanders

As this book finally wound to a conclusion, it received tireless help from Michelle Ann Abate, Jerry Griswold, Marah Gubar, Luz Elena Ramirez, and C. W. Sullivan. The list of people who have commented on the arguments in this book is too ...

Global Perspectives on Tarzan: From King of the Jungle to ...

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Tarzan of the Apes and the American Urban Jungle Michelle Ann Abate Since the initial publication of Tarzan ofthe Apes in serial format in 1912, it has been examined in the context of Western imperialism. Featuring a protagonist whose ...

Bloody Murder: The Homicide Tradition in Children's Literature

Michelle Ann Abate

ERBzine. http:IIwww.erbzine.com/mag17/1767.html. Hinton, S. E. The Outsiders. 1967. New York: Speak, 1995. Hipple, Marjorie. “S. E. Hinton.” In Writers for Young Adults, 3 vols., edited by Ted Hipple, 2:113-20. New York: Charles Scribner's ...

Michelle Wie: She's Got the Power!

Cynthia A. Dean

At the Golf Course by Age 7 B.J. and Bo first took Michelle to the golf course when she was 7. Michelle learned more about golf. She copied how Tiger Woods gripped the club. Michelle locks the little finger of her bottom hand with the index ...

Michelle Kwan (Revised Edition)

Anne E. Hill

came along, and Michelle was thrilled to have her mom all to herself. When she had free time, Michelle and her mom enjoyed going shopping and spending time together. In addition to skating and seeing the country, the tour gave Michelle a ...

A Theory of Personality Development

Luciano L'Abate

With characteristic humility Luciano L'Abate has entitled this groundbreaking volume simply A Theory of Personality Development.

The Working Press of the Nation

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Make Up (Enhanced Edition): Your Life Guide to Beauty, ...

Michelle Phan

With new videos and links throughout, including exclusive content from Michelle! Michelle Phan has believed in makeup since the first time she was allowed to try eyeliner.

A History of Private Life: From the Fires of Revolution to ...

Michelle Perrot

From the Fires of Revolution to the Great War Michelle Perrot, Philippe Ariès, Georges Duby. Contents Introduction by Michelle Penot i The Curtain Rises by Lynn Hunt, Catherine Hall 7 Introduction by Michelle Perrot y The Unstable ...

Barack and Michelle: The Love Story

Christopher Andersen

The marriage of Barack and Michelle stands as one of the great personal and political partnerships, and by the time he was sworn in, Barack and Michelle Obama were indisputably the First Couple not only of America but of the world.

Michelle and Debra

Jack Weyland

Michelle and Debra, Mormons and best friends, see their lives diverging at the end of their teen years, as Michelle meets and decides to marry a boy who follows the standards of their church while Debra must deal with the many times she has ...

Ann: (1833-1897)

Ruth Vitrano Merkel

Ann's brothers were told, and they did--most of the time. This is Ann's story--the first in the series of six true stories about Adventist girls: Ann, Marilla, Grace, Ruth, Elaine, and Erin. Ann was born in 1833.

Electricity for Beginners

Michelle Dicinoski

Poems about houses that shake and flood. Poems about frisbees and families. Michelle Dicinoski's 'Electricity for Beginners' is a lyrical exploration of the sparks and surges familiar to us all. 'Michelle Dicinosk

Illustrated Dictionary of Photography: The Professional's ...

Barbara A Lynch-Johnt

LynchJohnt and Michelle Perkins. All rights reserved. Unless otherwisenoted, all photographs by Michelle Perkins. Front cover photographs byJeff and Kathleen Hawkins (top left); Michelle Perkins (topright, bottom left);and Jeffrey and ...

History of Structuralism: The sign sets, 1967-present

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Michelle Perrot, interview with the author. 23. This collective work was at the root of the book edited by Michelle Perrot and Georges Duby, Histoire des femmes ( Paris: Pion, 1991). 24. Michelle Perrot, interview with the author. 25. Ibid. 26.

Drawing and Painting with Michelle Miller & Kate Carson, ...

Michelle Miller

Based on Michelle Miller and Kate Carson's acclaimed children's and adults' workshops, these books build creative skills that spill over into everyday life, boosting self-esteem, critical thinking and mental capabilities for a lifetime.

Michelle Kwan: Quest for Gold

Mark Stewart

Meeting actor Leonardo DiCaprio in 1998 was a huge thrill for Michelle. premiere of the movie Titanic. She even got to meet her all-time favorite actor, Leonardo DiCaprio. So complete was Michelle's "recovery" from the disappointment in ...

Understanding Religious Ethics

Charles Mathewes

I think especially of Sarah Azaransky, Ann Duncan, Karen Guth, Jon Malesic, Michelle Meyer, Gordon Steffey, and Chad Wayner, but I know there are many, many others. Also, colleagues here at UVA and far away helped in many ways as ...