The Fact of Whiteness: Female
| dc.contributor.advisor | Gottfried, Amy | |
| dc.contributor.author | Scibelli, Tara | |
| dc.contributor.department | Humanities | en_US |
| dc.contributor.program | Humanities | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-29T12:35:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-03-29T12:35:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | My creative writing thesis poetry collection covers a variety of issues currently in public discourse and is written using different conventions. The poems touch on motherhood/feminism, religion, LGBTQ issues, bullying, substance abuse, technology/social media, race, and income inequality. Some poems have a serious tone, others are more humorous. Most are free verse, but a few have structured stanzas, rhyme schemes, and other traditional poetic elements. A couple of selections experiment with form. American society today seems more divided than it ever has been in my lifetime. I think it is important for art to address this post-9/11, post-2016 election, social media-fueled confluence of circumstances, hopefully in a way that points to our similarities rather than our often fear-inspired differences. My poetry is an attempt to present alternative voices and ways of understanding how well-meaning people can come to vastly different conclusions about events, others, and life in general as a result of their different histories. I have also written a couple of more personal poems to deep-dive into my particular experience in the wider culture. Above all, I have tried to provide an authentic, clear poetic voice to add to the complicated political, cultural, and societal debates of today. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 51 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | theses | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/M23N20G5K | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/7902 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | * |
| dc.subject | poetry | en_US |
| dc.title | The Fact of Whiteness: Female | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |