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Author:   Dina Schiff Massachi
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:  

9781476687971

ISBN 10:   1476687978
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   31 March 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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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

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"Dina Schiff Massachi has written and presented numerous academic essays on Baum's Oz and its various adaptations. She teaches English and American Studies at UNC Charlotte; one of her favorite classes is a course on The Wizard of Oz and appeared in the ""American Oz"" episode of PBS's American Experience."

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