The Othered Mothers: Monstrous Motherhood In Dracula, Dawn, And Nightbitch,
2024
Georgia Southern University
The Othered Mothers: Monstrous Motherhood In Dracula, Dawn, And Nightbitch, Makay C. Walsh
College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations
This thesis examines the monstrous mothers in Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897), Octavia E. Butler’s Dawn (1987), and Rachel Yoder’s Nightbitch (2021). Stoker’s Dracula serves as the foundational, or “mother,” text in terms of the model monstrous mothers: Dracula and Lucy Westenra. Dawn and Nightbitch provide more contemporary examples of monstrous mothers, yet they are different enough to contrast each other: Lilith in Dawn must navigate motherhood living amongst an alien species, and Nightbitch is a stay-at-home mom who starts turning into a dog. This thesis also establishes 7 Markers of Monstrous Motherhood as a critical framework for classifying monstrous mothers. …
Politicizing The Past: The Exploration Of Revolutionary Collectivity Within Neoliberalism In Dionne Brand’S In Another Place, Not Here And Rita Indiana’S Tentacle,
2024
Bucknell University
Politicizing The Past: The Exploration Of Revolutionary Collectivity Within Neoliberalism In Dionne Brand’S In Another Place, Not Here And Rita Indiana’S Tentacle, Siobhan Nerz
Honors Theses
This thesis explores the depictions of revolutions in the two Caribbean novels In Another Place, Not Here by Dionne Brand and Tentacle by Rita Indiana. I analyze how the novels explore the potential for political collectivity within neoliberalism through their depictions of the environment and same-sex relationships. I also examine how both authors engage their reader by forcing them to confront their positionality within the economic system. While Brand imagines ephemeral moments of collectivity within neoliberalism, Indiana shows revolutionary individual and collective action is inhibited by late-stage capitalism. Paring these novels together shows how contemporary individuals of differing positionalities can …
Camera Obscura,
2024
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Tree Roots (July 1890),
2024
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Beech Tree,
2024
University of Alabama at Birmingham
To A Mother, Long Bereaved,
2024
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Nelle 7 (Front Matter),
2024
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Clitastrophe,
2024
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Badge,
2024
University of Alabama at Birmingham
All My Poems Used To End In Sky,
2024
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Joy,
2024
University of Alabama at Birmingham
A Sonnet Of Abandoned Sonnets I Am Afraid To Continue Writing,
2024
University of Alabama at Birmingham
A Sonnet Of Abandoned Sonnets I Am Afraid To Continue Writing, Daisy Bassen
Nelle (literary magazine)
p. 4
Damage,
2024
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Crossing Over,
2024
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dear Body,
2024
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Little Red's Alternative Namesake Articles,
2024
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Little Red's Alternative Namesake Articles, Jennifer Sperry Steinorth
Nelle (literary magazine)
pp. 73-74
Perfect Circle,
2024
University of Alabama at Birmingham
"Gift The Newly Married Couple With Advice On The Provided Note Cards",
2024
University of Alabama at Birmingham
"Gift The Newly Married Couple With Advice On The Provided Note Cards", Charlotte Pence
Nelle (literary magazine)
p. 49
At What Point Does Regret End?,
2024
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Treatment Plan,
2024
University of Alabama at Birmingham
