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Title
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Needles and Dust
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Author
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Douglas, Charles
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Literature, Creative writing, Area studies
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Description
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Needles and Dust comprises the first part, approximately 20,000 words of a novel in progress. In the summer of 1988, Thao Dena, a twelve-year-old girl in the Ban Vinai refugee camp in Thailand, befriends the picaresque Vang Neng, who enchants Dena...
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Title
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SOARING WITH DRAGONS: FINDING PLAY AND INTIMACY IN CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
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Author
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Williams, Joshua
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Literature, Philosophy, Philosophy and religion
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Description
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This thesis examines the way children’s and young adult literature deals with play and intimacy. Using Georges Bataille’s conception of intimacy, this thesis posits that intimacy, deriving from play, allows for a deeper understanding of self and a...