Full Title: “Manipulating Manipulative: Hypertextuality in Stephenson’s The Diamond Age: or, A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer”
Conference: International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA)
Location: Orlando, FL
First Presented: March 18, 2011
This paper examines the Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer within Neal Stephenson’s The Diamond Age and considers how it manipulates and is manipulated by Nell.
Full Title: “Neo-Mythos: Folklore and Subversion in Stephenson’s The Diamond Age: or, A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer”
Conference: Far West Popular Culture Association (FWPCA/ACA)
Location: Las Vegas, NV
First Presented: March 12, 2011
This paper examines whether Nell functions as a subversive agent within Neal Stephenson’s The Diamond Age or if she is little more than an indoctrinated puppet like her namesake in Charles Dickens’ The Old Curiosity Shop.
Full Title: “Halo: Combat Evolved on the Feminine and Fertility in Video Games”
Conference: Far West Popular Culture Association (FWPCA/ACA)
Location: Las Vegas, NV
First Presented: March 14, 2010
This paper briefly examines the underlying parasitic representation of nature and its connection to the subjugation of women within the early Halo series.
Full Title: “Visually Persuasive Enculturation: An analysis of gender roles in Shōjo and Shōnen manga”
Conference: Far West Popular Culture Association (FWPCA/ACA)
Location: Las Vegas, NV
First First Presented: March 15, 2009
This paper examines the prescribed gender roles conveyed through the visual and textual components of Yuu Watase’s Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden and Ken Akamatsu’s Negima! Magister Negi Magi.