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Atkinson, Julie. The impact of mother-son relationships on the abandoned boy in children's literature. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-br2m-cx17

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TitleThe impact of mother-son relationships on the abandoned boy in children's literature
NameAtkinson, Julie (author); Blackford, Holly (chair); Singley, Carol (co-chair); Rutgers University; Camden Graduate School
Date Created2019
Other Date2019-05 (degree)
SubjectOrphans, English, Mothers and sons in literature, Children -- Books and reading, Feminist literary criticism
Extent1 online resource (iii, 44 pages)
DescriptionHistorically, children’s literature featuring abandoned boys focuses on separation from the maternal and the development of aggressive masculinity, seen as necessary for sociocultural acceptance and advancement. Using a feminist perspective, this thesis examines several transatlantic novels and argues that the boy protagonists actually exhibit maternal traits, in contrast to aggressive masculinity. As a result, these novels display a necessary female temperance over masculinity, which brings about success to the male orphan. In this way, mothers circumvent their socially prescribed secondary status to bring their true influence into the world. However, the sacrifice of mothers highlights both the problem of female sacrifice for male children and a cultural tempering of aggressive masculinity.
NoteM.A.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses, ETD graduate
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-br2m-cx17
LanguageEnglish
CollectionCamden Graduate School Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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