- UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO HISTORY DEPARTMENT CHAIR REBECCA SCOFIELD WHO GAVE A PRESENTATION AT THE U.I. MALCOLM RENFREW INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLOQUIUM ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH AT THE U.I. LIBRARY ABOUT DRAGON RIDING LITERATURE AND ITS RELATIONSHIPS TO FIRST THROUGH THIRD WAVE FEMINISM. SCOFIELD SAID DURING THE 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN WOMEN REJECTED EARLIER EDICTS THAT THEY ONLY RIDE HORSES SIDE-SADDLE, WHICH CREATED A CULTURAL OBSESSION WITH STORIES ABOUT WOMEN BEFRIENDING, CONTROLLING AND DEPLOYING A VARIETY OF BEASTS WITH THE SIMPLE PRESSURE OF THEIR THIGHS, CLICKS OF THEIR TONGUE OR FLICKS OF THE WRIST.THE TITLE OF THE TALK IS: Burn It All Down: The Feminist Imagination in 20th Century Dragon Riding Fiction
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