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Lost in the Woods: A Theatrical Journey Through Gender and Media Analysis

Martin, Lene Karine
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1133997072

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2005, Master of Arts, Miami University, Mass Communication.
Myths affect children and adults because they help to construct our social worlds and identities. My thesis includes a theatrical play in three acts describing the Norwegian myth of the hulder (huldre plural) and the influences of gender and media in myths and society. Through my thesis analysis, I show how a particular Norwegian myth represents women and is a reflection of our patriarchy, commercialism, and capitalism and how the media influences children’s imaginations and adult roles in society. Patriarchy has packaged women as products and has created myths out of women and fantasy; therefore, making women a form of fantasy that can be controlled and separated from reality and the public sphere. However, my theatrical play Lost in The Woods shows that it is possible to create new meanings for these roles in reading and writing against the grain; therefore, cross-cultural myths should be rewritten in a positive light.
Lisa McLaughlin (Advisor)
78 p.
myth; huldrefolk; folktales; culture; society; patriarchy; commercialism; capitalism; theater; Norway; Norwegian; imagination; children; play; gender; feminism; media; postmodernism; disney; marriage; motherhood

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  • Martin, L. K. (2005). Lost in the Woods: A Theatrical Journey Through Gender and Media Analysis [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1133997072

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Martin, Lene. Lost in the Woods: A Theatrical Journey Through Gender and Media Analysis. 2005. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1133997072.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Martin, Lene. "Lost in the Woods: A Theatrical Journey Through Gender and Media Analysis." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1133997072

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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