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Date of Award
Spring 2024
Document Type
Masters Thesis (Campus-Only Access)
Department or Program Affiliation
English - Creative Writing
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Araki-Kawaguchi, Kiik, 1983-
Second Advisor
Magee, Kelly, 1976-
Third Advisor
Youmans, Greg, 1977-
Abstract
There are novels that feature gay characters, Lao-American characters, werewolves and other speculative fiction elements, literary fiction elements, humor, and eroticism, but it’s questionable how many novels feature all of these different genres and topics. “My Werewolf Boyfriend” is a novel encompassing all of these ideas in one piece. The novel seeks to represent gay, Southeast Asian characters in a positive light along with presenting non-heteronormative and non-monogamous relationships in the same way while also teaching those outside of queer and Southeast Asian identities something new. The novel also contains comedy and explicit erotic scenes to show queer joy and that literary elements can work with genre fiction. “My Werewolf Boyfriend” is also a work that hopes to show queer, Asian-Americans that they aren’t alone in the world.
Type
Text
Keywords
gay, Southeast Asian, Lao, Laotian, urban fantasy, romance, speculative fiction, humor
Publisher
Western Washington University
OCLC Number
1439611614
Subject – LCSH
Werewolves--Fiction; Asian American gay people--Fiction; Southeast Asian Americans--Fiction; Gelo (Asian people)--Fiction
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.
Recommended Citation
Phengsavath, Alex, "My Werewolf Boyfriend" (2024). WWU Graduate School Collection. 1310.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwuet/1310