“But you will be a girl heroes fear”: Mia Corvere’s Gender Portrayal and Queerness in Jay Kristoff’s The Nevernight Chronicle

This article argues that Australian author Jay Kristoff\u27s Nevernight trilogy contests, deconstructs, and subverts gendered restrictions and stereotypes often found in fantasy literature. Protagonist Mia Corvere overcomes both tropes of toxic masculinity and a single-minded focus on revenge by facing her fears, emotions, and embracing her queerness. As this article shows, the heroine’s gender performance moves beyond binary constructions and challenges narrative conventions as well as reader assumptions

Introduction: Always Australian, Often Female, and Sometimes Queer: Gender and Sexuality in Australian Speculative Fiction

In lieu of an abstract, here is the first paragraph of the introduction: Australian Speculative Fiction thus far remains an underappreciated and therefore notoriously undertheorised field of cultural output. Yet its very diversity and range means that it holds great productive potential for literary scholars from a number of different theoretical orientations. Postcolonial, ecocritical, inter- and transcultural approaches to Australian Speculative Fiction offer conducive avenues for critical exploration. Scholars concerned with migration, diaspora, Asian Anglophone literature, and Indigenous Australian writing will find ample material to analyse within the broad field of Australian Speculative Fiction, consisting of such genres as fantasy, science fiction, gothic, horror, magic realism, dystopian writing and many others. Often overlooked, these genres might offer unique insights into the dynamics, constructions and representations of often marginalised gender and sexual identities—perhaps all the more so, because these genres are, by definition, open to experimentation and subversion, and lend themselves to challenging heteronormative structures. It is because of Australian Speculative Fiction’s aptness for tackling these complex issues that we chose to focus on gender and queer identities within that field for this special issue of gender forum, especially since Australian Speculative Fiction seems to be particularly interested in exploring queerness, femininity, and other gender- and sexuality-related concepts

AGW 602 - Research Methodology

Peperiksaan Semester Pertama Sidang Akademik 1995/199

Acquisition Warfare: A Proposal for a Unifying Concept

Excerpt from the Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Acquisition Research SymposiumThe ongoing debate in the United States over defense acquisition reform highlights the complexity and evolution of the national security ecosystem. That complexity, explored using a first order system dynamic model, indicates that defense acquisition reform may be a so-called “super wicked” problem. Solutions to super wicked problems form a new class of solutions than traditionally found in the literature for defense acquisition reform. This paper asserts that defense acquisition reform is a super wicked problem and that adoption of an ecosystem model from the program office’s perspective will yield new insights into ecosystem dynamics. Additionally, American adversaries, principally China and Russia, have used a variety of tactics and operations in systemic campaigns targeting the liminal space within the defense acquisition ecosystem. This paper proposes the unifying concept of acquisition warfare to better describe the set of adversary actions and how they disrupt the ability of program managers to successfully deliver their programs, not just systems, uncompromised within cost, schedule, and performance constraints.Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited

NDSU Libraries Magazine

The purpose of this publication is to provide updates on annual developments, highlight major activities, and seek engagement and support of the Libraries.Table of Contents Vol. 5 (2022): NDSU Libraries Undergraduate Research Award (LURA) -- Michael Miller Set to Retire After 55 Years at NDSU -- Letter from the Dean -- Thank You to Our Student Employees -- Events, Exhibits & Programs -- NDSU Libraries Strategic Plan 2022-24 -- Digital Scholarship Labs in the Libraries -- New Collections at the NDSU Archives -- Staff Activities -- Friends of the Libraries -- The Last Word -- Locations.Table of Contents Vol. 4 (2021): Letter from the Deans -- NDSU Libraries Take Action on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion -- Malting Barley with One Book, One Community Partners -- Suicide Prevention Awareness -- Librarians Support NDSU Community -- 2020 Gunlogson Presentation -- New Young Readers Collection Encourages Learning -- Libraries Services Spotlight -- A Virtual Program and Online Exhibit to Honor Leo Kim -- Friends of the Libraries -- Digital Scholarship Initiative Supports Research and Collaboration at NDSU -- Staff Activities -- Student Employee Spotlights -- Libraries Undergraduate Research Award 2021 Recipient -- Mission and Vision Statements -- The Last Word -- Locations.Table of Contents Vol. 3 (2020): Celebrating NDSU Press -- Letter from the Dean -- Germans from Russia Heritage Collection Strengthens Tradition, Community, and Giving -- A Memorable Homecoming for the Libraries -- Digital Fabrication Lab Takes Part in Advancing Entrepreneurial Environment at NDSU -- Leo Kim?s Photograph Collection Enhances Regional Treasures at the NDSU Archives -- Libraries Services Spotlight -- COVID-19 Makes University History -- Staff Activities -- NDSU Libraries Receive Increase to Student Library Fee -- Student Employee Spotlights -- Mission and Vision Statements -- The Last Word.Table of Contents Vol. 2 (2019): Letter from the Dean -- ?Nacho? Average Library -- Community Project Ties with NDSU Research -- Klai Juba Wald Architectural Studies Library Receives Distinguished Guests -- A Tribute to Theodore Roosevelt -- Emerging Technologies and a Space to Create -- How Are We Doing? -- Locations -- Sharing Collections and Expertise for 50 Years -- Libraries Services Spotlight -- Staff Activities -- Connecting Across Lines and Lands -- Student Employee Spotlights -- Mission and Vision Statements.Table of Contents Vol. 1 (2018): Strategic Planning -- Mary Lou Shott Gives Back -- Native Voices -- NDSU Archives -- Appetite for Education -- Journey to the Homeland Tour -- Libraries Services Spotlight -- Staff Activities -- Emeritus Status Granted to John Bye -- Institutional Repository: Reimagined -- Locations -- Wish List -- Support the Libraries -- Mission and Vision Statements

July 12, 1979

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