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Can the Subaltern Sing?

Spellman, Jennifer Lee
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1556281880685869

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2019, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, English (Arts and Sciences).
This poetic thesis deals with the subject of liminality: the state of being in-between, whether that status is in space, identity, or society. Exploring several perspectives and navigating personal and political territory, the poems combine experience and theory in an effort to depict and speak with and alongside marginalized voices, and are guided by an ethos of experimentation and wordplay. These voices run the gamut from the embittered tones of lower-class American ennui, immigrant, minority, and exilic musing and demands, and the unfixed and fluid song from the growing transgender community. The thesis consists of four distinct yet interconnected sections: “Early Work: Experiments in Duality,” “Theoretical Poetics,” Transliminal Rage,” and “Can the Subaltern Sing?” Each section incorporates liminality as its guiding theme, and attempts to explain how existing on and in the margins affects identity. The body of poems is preceded by a critical introduction which explicates the themes and influences present in the thesis.
Linda Zionkowski (Advisor)
Jill Rosser (Committee Chair)
Katarzyna Marciniak (Committee Member)
Bianca Spriggs (Committee Member)
59 p.
American Literature; Language Arts; Literature
liminality; poetry; identity theory; queerness; marginalization; karaoke

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  • Spellman, J. L. (2019). Can the Subaltern Sing? [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1556281880685869

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Spellman, Jennifer. Can the Subaltern Sing? 2019. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1556281880685869.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Spellman, Jennifer. "Can the Subaltern Sing?" Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1556281880685869

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