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“Country Girls Are Whisky In a Teacup”: Crafting Rural Femininity on Etsy

September 5, 2018September 5, 2018 ~ ccprescott ~ Leave a comment

The clothing sold through these [Etsy] shops sometimes seem to question, but in the end powerfully reinforces, dominant ideas about femininity.

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The Olive Garden Lady and Rural Middle American Culture

June 20, 2018June 21, 2018 ~ ccprescott ~ 2 Comments

Why did Marilyn Hagerty “go viral” after more than fifty years writing for the same small newspaper?

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Wide Open Suburban Spaces

November 8, 2017 ~ ccprescott ~ 1 Comment

Querying the boundaries of natural, rural, urban, and suburban spaces, and the complex interrelationships between traveling and living in the twentieth-century American West.

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Pioneer Girl Perspectives: Exploring Laura Ingalls Wilder

June 22, 2017June 22, 2017 ~ ccprescott ~ Leave a comment

To celebrate the 150th birthday of Laura Ingalls Wilder in 2017, the Pioneer Girl Project of the South Dakota State Historical Society has released a new book on the writer’s legacy.

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“Dear Miss Cushman”: The Dreams of Eva McCoy, 1874

April 12, 2017April 12, 2017 ~ ccprescott ~ Leave a comment

But was Eva McCoy exactly as she appeared? Was her careful appeal actually a careful manipulation of sympathy or did it conceal an even sadder truth?

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Cowgirls and the Discourses of Patriarchy and Feminism in Country/Western Music

March 29, 2017 ~ ccprescott ~ Leave a comment

Connecting the cultural significance of cowgirls with an analysis of country music history.

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