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100 1 a| Creech, Jameson,e| author.?| UNAUTHORIZED;

245 14 a| The folkloric image of the good girl and its effects on women in the age of the Internet /c| by Jameson Creech.;

264 1 a| [Greenville, N.C.] :b| [East Carolina University],c| 2019.;

300 a| 73 pages :b| illustration;

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502 b| M.A.c| East Carolina Universityd| 2019.;

500 a| Presented to the faculty of the Department of English;

500 a| Advisor: Andrea Kitta;

500 a| Title from PDF t.p. (viewed January 8, 2020).;

520 3 a| Folklore is the unofficial culture of a society that changes over time and often reflects what a society finds important. One image of folklore is that of the "good girl." The good girl ideal is the concept that women have to be good, submissive, loving, and motherly in order to accepted by society. First provided is the history of how this folkloric image came to be shaped by Western culture, beginning with an examination of the Judeo-Christian perception of women as bad through Eve's eating of the apple. The establishment of the good girl ideal shifts and grows as time passes through the Victorian Era, first and second-wave feminism, and continues on in the present day. I wanted to examine how this centuries old expectation of women has affected women in the modern day. Using a case study approach by examining the online discourse platform Reddit, I found two subReddits aimed at conducting discourse about women's experiences. Women and men discussed women's relationships to society and how they have had to cope with the expectations of women in Western culture. What I found was that women today are being deeply affected by cultural norms established centuries ago as well as that women are using the platform of Reddit to find connection and understanding of the issues women face as a result of the folkloric good girl image.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

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The folkloric image of the good girl and its effects on women in the age of the Internet / by Jameson Creech.

Author/creator	Creech, Jameson author.
Other author	Kitta, Andrea, 1977- degree supervisor.
Other author	East Carolina University. Department of English.
Format	Theses and dissertations
Publication	[Greenville, N.C.] : [East Carolina University], 2019.
Description	73 pages : illustration
Supplemental Content	Access via ScholarShip
Subjects	Women--Folklore. Women--Social aspects. Electronic discussion groups--Influence.

Summary	Folklore is the unofficial culture of a society that changes over time and often reflects what a society finds important. One image of folklore is that of the "good girl." The good girl ideal is the concept that women have to be good, submissive, loving, and motherly in order to accepted by society. First provided is the history of how this folkloric image came to be shaped by Western culture, beginning with an examination of the Judeo-Christian perception of women as bad through Eve's eating of the apple. The establishment of the good girl ideal shifts and grows as time passes through the Victorian Era, first and second-wave feminism, and continues on in the present day. I wanted to examine how this centuries old expectation of women has affected women in the modern day. Using a case study approach by examining the online discourse platform Reddit, I found two subReddits aimed at conducting discourse about women's experiences. Women and men discussed women's relationships to society and how they have had to cope with the expectations of women in Western culture. What I found was that women today are being deeply affected by cultural norms established centuries ago as well as that women are using the platform of Reddit to find connection and understanding of the issues women face as a result of the folkloric good girl image.
General note	Presented to the faculty of the Department of English
General note	Advisor: Andrea Kitta
General note	Title from PDF t.p. (viewed January 8, 2020).
Dissertation note	M.A. East Carolina University 2019.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Technical details	System requirements: Adobe Reader.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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