Abstract
dc:description.abstractA blend of literary fiction and folktale, Courting Death is a novel about women at the fringes, marginalized women, and women who have been direct targets of gender-based violence. The narrative draws from conventions of traditional African oral storytelling and the conventions associated with western literary fiction.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Fine Arts
- Level thesis:degree_level
- masters
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Creative Writing
- Department dc:contributor.department
- English
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Virginia Tech
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2022
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Christopher, Blessing James
- Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
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- Lavender-Smith, Evan
- Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
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- Vollmer, Matthew
- Smith, Carmen Gimenez
Subjects
dc:subject × 5Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- In Copyright
- Licence dc:rights.uri
- Language dc:language.iso
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Dc Identifier Other
- vt_gsexam:35000
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/110966