Background
Donna Rose Bontatibus was born on February 14, 1968 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
In 1990 Donna Rose Bontatibus received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Albertus Magnus College.
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, United States
In 1992 Donna Rose Bontatibus obtained a Master of Arts degree from the University of Rhode Island, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1995.
(Seduction, scandal, intrigue: all familiar themes to read...)
Seduction, scandal, intrigue: all familiar themes to readers of contemporary American fiction. However, these elements are in no way modern ones. In this new study, Donna Bontatibus explores the roots of the seduction novel in early America and uses it to mirror societal structures in the fledgling nation. The novels of Susanna Rowson, Tabitha Tenney, Hannah Webster Foster, and Judith Sargent Murray and their use of the seduction plot reveal a complex set of social and political problems experienced by middle-class women of the early nation. Using these novels, Bontatibus shows a strong link between women's status in America and the American Revolution's failure to free women from neo-colonialist oppression. She also explores seduction as a euphemism for the abusive means of maintaining women's allegiance to the new nation, depicting seduction/rape as the ultimate representation of women's colonization by a rape culture. Using current theories about gender, race, class, and colonization, The Seduction Novel of the Early Nation examines the relationship between seduction and the colonizer, and the colonized, required to maintain a rape culture.
https://www.amazon.com/Seduction-Novel-Early-Nation-Socio-Political/dp/0870135090/?tag=2022091-20
1999
Donna Rose Bontatibus was born on February 14, 1968 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
In 1990 Donna Rose received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Albertus Magnus College. In 1992 she obtained a Master of Arts degree from the University of Rhode Island, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1995.
In 1990 Donna Rose Bontatibus was an editorial intern at Business Digest of Greater New Haven. From 1993 to 1996 she was an adjunct member of English faculty at the University of New Haven. From 1993 to 1998 Bontatibus was an adjunct faculty member at Middlesex Community-Technical College. In 1994 she was an adjunct faculty member at the University of Rhode Island. From 1994 to 1998 she served as an instructor at Branford Hall Career Institute.
From 1997 to 1998 she was an adjunct member of English faculty at Southern Connecticut State University. In 1998 Bantatutus was appointed an instructor in English at Norwalk Community College. She is a speaker at colleges and universities, including Marist College, Clinch Valley College, and Temple University. Her publications include The Seduction Novel of the Early Nation (1999), "On the Front Lines: A Practical Guide for Instructors of Developmental English" (2010), "Poetry in Freshman Seminar: A Lesson in Critical and Creative Thinking" (2007), and "Forging Campus Links" (2005).
(Seduction, scandal, intrigue: all familiar themes to read...)
1999