Domestication Western-Style: Fantasies of Harmony and the Violence of Plasticity in Mary O'Hara's My Friend Flicka.

Historically, animal characters and animal-child encounters in children's narratives have served largely metaphorical functions. More recently, scholars have become interested in exploring literary human-animal relations as interesting in and of themselves and not purely as background for promoting...

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Published in:	Comparative American Studies Vol. 21; no. 1/2; pp. 101 - 118
Main Author:	Włodarczyk, Justyna
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar-Jun2024
Subjects:	Domestication of animals Human ecology Ethical problems Dilemma Violence Coming of age Metaphor
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost