The Way We Dream Now: History, Theory, And Lgbtq Memoir In America, Megan Paslawski
Feb 2018
The Way We Dream Now: History, Theory, And Lgbtq Memoir In America, Megan Paslawski
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This dissertation examines American memoirs written after 2000 by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer authors with an eye to how the recent institutionalization of queer theory and the open production of LGBTQ histories affect these writers’ conceptions of their lives, aspirations, and cultures. I argue that these memoirs, sometimes consciously, find themselves struggling with what are also competing ideas within queer theory about the queerness of futurity even as they turn to the past of queer/trans literature and history to bolster their senses of possible identities and communities. This often has the effect of positioning contemporary LGBTQ writers as …
The Color Of Memory: Reimagining The Antebellum South In Works By James Mcbride Through The Use Of Free Indirect Discourse, Janel L. Holmes
Jan 2016
The Color Of Memory: Reimagining The Antebellum South In Works By James Mcbride Through The Use Of Free Indirect Discourse, Janel L. Holmes
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis examines the use of interior narrative techniques such as free indirect discourse and internal monologue in two of James McBride’s neo-slave narratives, Song Yet Sung (2008) and The Good Lord Bird (2013). Very limited critical attention has been given to these neo-slave narratives that illustrate McBrides attention to characterization and focalized narration. In these narratives McBride builds upon the revelations he explores in his bestselling memoir, The Color of Water (1996, 2006), where he learns to disassociate race and character. What he discovers about not only his mother, but also himself, inspires his re-imagination of the people who …
The Messenger, Vol. 9, No. 8
May 1984
The Messenger, Vol. 9, No. 8
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
No abstract provided.
The Messenger, Vol. 19, No. 2
Nov 1982
The Messenger, Vol. 19, No. 2
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 4, No. 4
Jan 1979
The Messenger, Vol. 4, No. 4
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 41, No. 1
Oct 1941
The Messenger, Vol. 41, No. 1
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 46, No. 3
Dec 1919
The Messenger, Vol. 46, No. 3
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 46, No. 2
Nov 1919
The Messenger, Vol. 46, No. 2
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 46, No. 1
Oct 1919
The Messenger, Vol. 46, No. 1
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 45, No. 2
Jun 1919
The Messenger, Vol. 45, No. 2
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 45, No. 1
Apr 1919
The Messenger, Vol. 45, No. 1
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 44, No. 8
May 1918
The Messenger, Vol. 44, No. 8
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 44, No. 7
Apr 1918
The Messenger, Vol. 44, No. 7
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 44, No. 6
Mar 1918
The Messenger, Vol. 44, No. 6
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 44, No. 5
Feb 1918
The Messenger, Vol. 44, No. 5
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 44, No. 4
Jan 1918
The Messenger, Vol. 44, No. 4
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 44, No. 3
Dec 1917
The Messenger, Vol. 44, No. 3
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 44, No. 2
Nov 1917
The Messenger, Vol. 44, No. 2
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 44, No. 1
Oct 1917
The Messenger, Vol. 44, No. 1
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 43, No. 8
May 1917
The Messenger, Vol. 43, No. 8
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 43, No. 7
Apr 1917
The Messenger, Vol. 43, No. 7
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 43, No. 6
Mar 1917
The Messenger, Vol. 43, No. 6
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 43, No. 5
Feb 1917
The Messenger, Vol. 43, No. 5
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 43, No. 4
Jan 1917
The Messenger, Vol. 43, No. 4
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 43, No. 3
Nov 1916
The Messenger, Vol. 43, No. 3
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 43, No. 2
Oct 1916
The Messenger, Vol. 43, No. 2
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 42, No. 9
Jun 1916
The Messenger, Vol. 42, No. 9
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 42, No. 8
May 1916
The Messenger, Vol. 42, No. 8
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 42, No. 7
Apr 1916
The Messenger, Vol. 42, No. 7
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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The Messenger, Vol. 42, No. 6
Mar 1916
The Messenger, Vol. 42, No. 6
The Messenger (archival - 1870-)
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