Abstract
dc:description.abstractThis dissertation consists of a novel entitled Skinning the Deer: A Love Story. Alternating between the landscapes of New Mexico and rural Maine, the novel examines the life of tortured lesbian Hannah Huff and the brutal excision of her glorious wings—those magical appendages she grew in secret—the two downy white miracles she believed would be her ticket out of Monkstown, Maine, a desperate landscape of backwoods trailers, dogs, and family members, where her only interactions are either detached or violent. While the novel alternates between Hannah as an adult and Hannah as a child, it is first and foremost a coming-of-age story and a journey into the past to reclaim lost innocence. Inspired by the works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Dorothy Allison, and Salman Rushdie, Skinning the Deer weaves together magical realism, trauma narrative, and myth; it is a novel about sexuality, betrayal, and what we sacrifice for redemption.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- MFA Creative Writing
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Masters
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- English
- Year
- 2013
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Campbell, Heather
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Mueller, Daniel
- Shigekuni, Julie
- Hofer, Matthew
- O'Donnell, Patricia
Subjects
dc:subject × 3Rights
- Language dc:language
- English
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalrepository.unm.edu:engl_etds-1071