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Date of Award

Spring 2023

Document Type

Masters Thesis (Campus-Only Access)

Department or Program Affiliation

English

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

English

First Advisor

Wong, Jane

Second Advisor

Dorr, Noam

Third Advisor

Odabasi, Eren

Abstract

Synonyms for Bloodline is a manuscript of poetry arising from research surrounding individual identity, adoption, mythology, race and ethnicity, trauma, as well as personal biography. The manuscript itself relays qualities of a biomythography. In this manuscript, the poems represent a made-mythology for the speaker. In creating mythology and biography through poetry, gaps in social and biographical archives may be filled, despite their so often being lost or withheld through trauma, diaspora, and systemic oppression. This manuscript is the attempt to explore the intersection of adoptive, gender, sexual and biracial identities, and that unique point of view regarding personal history and the attempt to sculpt a history out of, at times, the intangible. This ultimately manifests itself in the work through exploration of experimental mechanics and forms within poetry.

Type

Text

Keywords

poetry, poetics, adoptee, African American, biracial, biomythography

Publisher

Western Washington University

OCLC Number

1379211133

Subject – LCSH

Identity (Psychology)--Poetry; Adoption--Poetry; Mythology--Poetry; Race--Poetry; Racially mixed people--Poetry

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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