Date of Award
12-2017
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
English
Program
Creative Writing (MFA)
First Advisor/Chairperson
Matthew Frank
Abstract
An Unstable Container is a collection of short creative nonfiction essays and poetry, with influences from personal memoir, lyric essays, race and gender studies, and poetry. The work examines the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality, and the ways in which language, society, and the human body contribute to the construction of one's sense of self. Through the lenses of language, modern technology, medicine, and genetics, An Unstable Container explores blackness, queerness, masculine identity, growing up in rural Michigan, and the dangers and pleasures of corporeality. The collection also interrogates the social institutions of marriage and religion, gender roles, and non-traditional family structures.
Recommended Citation
LaPine, John, "An Unstable Container" (2017). All NMU Master's Theses. 168.
https://commons.nmu.edu/theses/168
Access Type
Open Access