"When L. Frank Baum wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, he created an American myth that has endured the test of time. Echoes of Dorothy and her friends are everywhere: popular television shows often have an Oz episode, novelists borrow character types and echo familiar scenes, and every media-from Broadway to The Muppets-has some variation or continuation of Baum's work. This collection of essays follows Baum's archetypal characters as they've changed over time in order to examine what those changes mean in relation to Oz, American culture and basic human truths. Essays also serve as a bridge…mehr
"When L. Frank Baum wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, he created an American myth that has endured the test of time. Echoes of Dorothy and her friends are everywhere: popular television shows often have an Oz episode, novelists borrow character types and echo familiar scenes, and every media-from Broadway to The Muppets-has some variation or continuation of Baum's work. This collection of essays follows Baum's archetypal characters as they've changed over time in order to examine what those changes mean in relation to Oz, American culture and basic human truths. Essays also serve as a bridge between academia and fandom, with contributors representing a cross-section of Oz scholarship from backgrounds including The International Wizard of Oz Club and the Children's Literature Association"--
Dina Schiff Massachi has written and presented numerous academic essays on Baum's Oz and its various adaptations. She also appeared in the "American Oz" episode of PBS's American Experience. She is a lecturer for the American Studies program at UNC Charlotte; one of her favorite classes is a course on The Wizard of Oz.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Dina Schiff Massachi Dorothy and the Heroine's Quest Mark I. West But First, There Was a Scarecrow... Katharine Kittredge Heart Over Head: Evolving Views on Male Emotional Intelligence and the Tin Woodman Dina Schiff Massachi The Proto-Sissy, the Sissy, and Macho Men: The Cowardly Lion in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the MGM The Wizard of Oz, and Dark Oz Stories Dee Michel and James Satter A Good Man but a Bad Wizard? The Shifting Moral Character of the Wizard of J.L. Bell Witches, Wicked and Otherwise Robert B. Luehrs Witch's Familiars or Winged Warriors? Liberating the Winged Monkeys Dina Schiff Massachi Glinda and Gender Performativity Walter Squire Ozma, Sorceresses, and Suffrage: Women, Power, and Politics in L. Frank Baum's Land of Mary Lenard A Living Thing: The Very American Invention of Jack Pumpkinhead Paige Gray Trading Knitting Needles for Pistols: The Feminist, Violent, and Sexual Evolution of General Jinjur Shannon Murphy The Nome King Angelica Shirley Carpenter Piecing Together the Patchwork Girl of Gita Dorothy Morena Afterword: Frank and His Imagination Robert Baum Bibliography: Further Oz Readings, Fiction and Nonfiction Dina Schiff Massachi About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Dina Schiff Massachi Dorothy and the Heroine's Quest Mark I. West But First, There Was a Scarecrow... Katharine Kittredge Heart Over Head: Evolving Views on Male Emotional Intelligence and the Tin Woodman Dina Schiff Massachi The Proto-Sissy, the Sissy, and Macho Men: The Cowardly Lion in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the MGM The Wizard of Oz, and Dark Oz Stories Dee Michel and James Satter A Good Man but a Bad Wizard? The Shifting Moral Character of the Wizard of J.L. Bell Witches, Wicked and Otherwise Robert B. Luehrs Witch's Familiars or Winged Warriors? Liberating the Winged Monkeys Dina Schiff Massachi Glinda and Gender Performativity Walter Squire Ozma, Sorceresses, and Suffrage: Women, Power, and Politics in L. Frank Baum's Land of Mary Lenard A Living Thing: The Very American Invention of Jack Pumpkinhead Paige Gray Trading Knitting Needles for Pistols: The Feminist, Violent, and Sexual Evolution of General Jinjur Shannon Murphy The Nome King Angelica Shirley Carpenter Piecing Together the Patchwork Girl of Gita Dorothy Morena Afterword: Frank and His Imagination Robert Baum Bibliography: Further Oz Readings, Fiction and Nonfiction Dina Schiff Massachi About the Contributors Index
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