The Characters of Oz
Essays on Their Adaptation and Transformation
Will be published approx. on 20. July 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
196 pages
978-1-4766-8797-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
15 photos, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
384 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-8797-1 (9781476687971)
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Person
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.
Content
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
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