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The impact of mother-son relationships on the abandoned boy in children's literature
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The impact of mother-son relationships on the abandoned boy in children's literature
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Atkinson
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Julie
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1986-
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Julie Atkinson
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Blackford
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Holly
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Holly Blackford
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Singley
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Carol
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Carol Singley
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Rutgers University
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Camden Graduate School
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Historically, 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.
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Orphans
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English
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Mothers and sons in literature
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Children -- Books and reading
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Feminist literary criticism
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1 online resource (iii, 44 pages)
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M.A.
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Includes bibliographical references
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ETD graduate
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Julie
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2019-05-10 14:06:53
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Julie Atkinson
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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