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One Step over the Line: Toward a History of Women in the North American Wests
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This article is published in British Journal of Canadian Studies.The article was published on 2009-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 9 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Line (text file).read more
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The American West and the World: Transnational and Comparative Perspectives
TL;DR: The American West and the World as mentioned in this paper provides a synthetic introduction to the transnational history of the American West, discussing exploration, expansion, migration, violence, intimacies, and ideas.
Frontiers of philosophy and flesh : mapping conceptual metaphor in women's frontier revival literature, 1880-1930
TL;DR: The authors identify a genre of travel writing that they refer to as frontier revival literature, which is particularly important in negotiating North American ideas of imperialism, nationality, citizenship, gender, and race from 1880-1930.
"all the women...were violated in this way: rhetoric, rape, and memory in the dakota war
TL;DR: In this article, the authors study the processes by which women's stories are embellished and appropriated during war for political purposes, and demonstrate the importance of reinserting women into war stories, not merely as symbols, but as important historical actors.
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The American West and the World: Transnational and Comparative Perspectives
TL;DR: The American West and the World as mentioned in this paper provides a synthetic introduction to the transnational history of the American West, discussing exploration, expansion, migration, violence, intimacies, and ideas.
Frontiers of philosophy and flesh : mapping conceptual metaphor in women's frontier revival literature, 1880-1930
TL;DR: The authors identify a genre of travel writing that they refer to as frontier revival literature, which is particularly important in negotiating North American ideas of imperialism, nationality, citizenship, gender, and race from 1880-1930.
"all the women...were violated in this way: rhetoric, rape, and memory in the dakota war
TL;DR: In this article, the authors study the processes by which women's stories are embellished and appropriated during war for political purposes, and demonstrate the importance of reinserting women into war stories, not merely as symbols, but as important historical actors.