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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Bigfoot"”.
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The Legends of Bigfoot: Or How I Regained My Manhood
… is and is not masculine. This work examines how Bigfoot, the hairy fabled monster, embodies conversations about masculinity during a shift in the masculine identity in a constantly modernizing world. Bigfoot, as a cultural product, is representative of a crisis in defining masculinity in modern …
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From Bigfoot in the backyard to ghosts in the attic: Predictors of paranormal belief
Previous research on the social predictors of paranormal belief is contradictive and unclear. Depending on which author you read, one theory is better at explaining why individuals accept belief in paranormal phenomena. This problem most likely is the result of weak sample sizes and an …
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Critical habitat: Picturing extinction, conservation, and the American animal in the long twentieth century
… production. Lastly, I examine the mythology of Bigfoot and attempts to picture the beast. Bigfoot photography, on the one hand, attempts to reify tropes of early 20th century masculinity and Manifest Destiny, yet also disrupts the mythologies of wilderness which created Bigfoot in the first …
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Narrative Theory and Fort Berthold's Stories of the Paranormal or Supernatural
… several categories: the Little People, Hoffman, Bigfoot, and a miscellaneous grouping. Three concepts guided the interpretation of the stories: the American Indian oral tradition, Walter Fisher's narrative paradigm, and the paranormal or supernatural.</p> <p>The American Indian oral tradition was …
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Trackers
… In "Trackers," eleven-year old Richard hunts for Bigfoot as he and his family cope with the emotional aftermath of his sister's suicide attempt. In these stories people struggle to maintain normalcy in their lives--sometimes through inappropriate means. When their expectations are destroyed, they …
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Izzy and Aster's Guide to Cryptid Creatures
… legendary cryptids such as the mothman and bigfoot. It is a LGBTQIA+ Young Adult contemporary rom-com that explores themes of found family, mental health recovery, friendship, and self-actualization. The narrative is told through dual-perspectives of the main characters, Izzy and Aster. …