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IMAGINING CHILDHOOD: CONSTRUCTIONS OF YOUTH, GENDER, AND IDENTITY AS PARTICIPANTS IN THE CULTURAL TRANSMISSION OF J.M. BARRIE'S PETER PAN

Ferdinand, Laura Jeanne
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1407511599

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2014, Master of Arts, Miami University, Theatre.
This thesis takes a Performance Studies approach to explore the relationship between collective memory and imagination through the lens of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan (1904) and Laura Ferdinand’s adaptation of the play produced at Miami University (2014). Both the thesis and adaptation emphasize performance and play as critical modes of transmission of collective memory. Considering both the archival (text-based) and non-archival (performance-based) transmission of the Peter Pan myth throughout its century-long history, this thesis examines the evolving role of Peter Pan’s performance of childhood and gender in simultaneously shaping and subverting ideologies of masculinity. Rooted in Peter Pan’s relationship to the paradigmatic shifts in the construction of boyhood during the early twentieth century – especially World War One, this thesis uncovers the tensions between “real” and “imagined” bodies and the reciprocal relationship between memory and imagination that shaped Peter Pan.
Ann Elizabeth Armstrong, PhD (Advisor)
Elizabeth Mullenix, PhD (Committee Member)
Lisa Weems, PhD (Committee Member)
159 p.
Performing Arts; Theater; Theater History
Peter Pan; Sir James Barrie; Performance Studies; Childhood; Masculinity; Collective Memory; Play Theory; Trauma; World War One

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  • Ferdinand, L. J. (2014). IMAGINING CHILDHOOD: CONSTRUCTIONS OF YOUTH, GENDER, AND IDENTITY AS PARTICIPANTS IN THE CULTURAL TRANSMISSION OF J.M. BARRIE'S PETER PAN [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1407511599

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ferdinand, Laura. IMAGINING CHILDHOOD: CONSTRUCTIONS OF YOUTH, GENDER, AND IDENTITY AS PARTICIPANTS IN THE CULTURAL TRANSMISSION OF J.M. BARRIE'S PETER PAN . 2014. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1407511599.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ferdinand, Laura. "IMAGINING CHILDHOOD: CONSTRUCTIONS OF YOUTH, GENDER, AND IDENTITY AS PARTICIPANTS IN THE CULTURAL TRANSMISSION OF J.M. BARRIE'S PETER PAN ." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1407511599

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