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Searching For the Wild: The Changing Post-War Conceptions of Environmentalism and Gender

Obernesser, Scott
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1269281040

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2010, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, English/Literature.
Throughout the course of contemporary environmentalism, activists have found voice within practices of civil disobedience. Similarly, movements to reassess traditional constructions of gender have been entrenched in disobedient practices in hopes of upsetting dominant discourse. Through disobedience, distinct ties have been drawn between shifting gender ideologies and treatment of the environment. This work looks to examine two 1990's manifestations of disobedience in terms of environmentalism and gender: Jon Krakauer's Into The Wild (1996) and Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club (1996). Through inspection of the text's two main characters, Chris McCandless and Tyler Durden, we are able to examine links inherent in environmental and gender activism and thereby prompt reassessment of gender and environmental praxis
Jolie Sheffer, PhD (Committee Chair)
Lawrence Coates, PhD (Committee Member)
89 p.
English literature
Environment; Gender; Disobedience; Into The Wild; Fight Club

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  • Obernesser, S. (2010). Searching For the Wild: The Changing Post-War Conceptions of Environmentalism and Gender [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1269281040

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Obernesser, Scott. Searching For the Wild: The Changing Post-War Conceptions of Environmentalism and Gender. 2010. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1269281040.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Obernesser, Scott. "Searching For the Wild: The Changing Post-War Conceptions of Environmentalism and Gender." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1269281040

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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