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Picnic in the abattoir

Abstract

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Picnic in the Abattoir is a collection investigating the negotiation of self amid a myriad of antagonistic forces. These forces include pop cultural products (particularly horror films), violence against women and its depiction in media, viewership and the gaze, etc. The collection is structured in three sections, or "Acts", supplemented with a "Postscript". This structure is intended to mimic, but ultimately subvert, the traditional three-act structure of narrative fiction and film. These poems not only serve as a continuation of my work in the past two years within horror tropes and ontologies of "victimhood," but also broach new topics for me, like the influence of film on ways of seeing and understanding the world and the paradoxical intertwining of fascination and aversion within the viewing experience.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
Level thesis:degree_level
Masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
English
Grantor dc:publisher
Colorado State University. Libraries
Year dc:date.issued
2019

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Authors dc:creator
  • Hyche, Emma Catherine, author
  • Steensen, Sasha, advisor
  • Beachy-Quick, Dan, committee member
  • McKee, Patrick, committee member

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.
Language dc:language.iso
eng, English

Identifiers

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OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:mountainscholar.org:10217/197254

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Hyche, Emma Catherine, author; Steensen, Sasha, advisor; Beachy-Quick, Dan, committee member; McKee, Patrick, committee member. Picnic in the abattoir. Masters thesis, Colorado State University. Libraries, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10217/197254