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Date Permissions Signed

4-21-2022

Date of Award

Spring 2022

Document Type

Masters Thesis (Campus-Only Access)

Department or Program Affiliation

English

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

English

First Advisor

Trueblood, Kathryn R., 1960-

Second Advisor

Guess, Carol, 1968-

Third Advisor

Sheahan, Annmarie

Abstract

You Were Conceived on the Living Room Floor is a collection of multi-genre short stories that explore connections between magical realism, mental illness, and mother-daughter relationships. This collection fights against negative stereotypes about mental illness and motherhood by focusing on delight and curiosity through blurred lines of fiction and nonfiction. This collection often relies on magical realism to get closer to the truth than factual details, which may come from the sense of control my mom gifted us when she introduced magical thinking into our daily lives.

Type

Text

Publisher

Western Washington University

OCLC Number

1317773761

Subject – LCSH

Magic realism (Literature); Short stories--Women authors; Mental illness--Fiction; Mothers and daughters

Format

application/pdf

Genre/Form

masters theses

Language

English

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.

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