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Box, Me

Thomas, Kelly G
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1417698151

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2014, Master of Arts, Miami University, English.
Box, me—a mix of autobiographical narratives, persona poems, and appropriative strategies, among other approaches, uses the conventions of lyric intimacy to explore the social implications of familiar phrases. Confronting issues often left “behind closed doors”, such as stereotypes associated with gender, class and race, Box, me makes the implicit explicit. Appropriative techniques, in particular, explore methods of converting oppressive language into poetic agency—bringing into focus the blurred lines between pervasive catchphrases and their sociocultural implications. Building on activist poetry traditions, Box, me uses the space of the poem to bear witness to and contest dominant social and formal conventions.
Catherine Wagner (Committee Chair)
cris cheek (Committee Member)
Mary Jean Corbett (Committee Member)
50 p.
Language Arts; Literature
appropriation; stereotypes; lyric poem; gender; race; class; agency; activist poetry aesthetic; popular culture; critical consciousness

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  • Thomas, K. G. (2014). Box, Me [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1417698151

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Thomas, Kelly. Box, Me. 2014. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1417698151.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Thomas, Kelly. "Box, Me." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1417698151

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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