Date of Award
Spring 2024
Document Type
Creative Project
Department
Creative Writing
First Advisor
Misty Kreuger
Abstract
This is a series of autobiographical poems that delve into the role the audience plays in an individual's gender performance and how that can be helpful and harmful to identity, depending on the person performing and the people watching the performance. The concept of gender as a theatrical performance, the basis for many of the poems, is derived from the work of gender and queer theorists Judith Butler and Jack Halberstam. Additionally, these poems take inspiration from the works of creative writers Stacey Waite and Maia Kobabe and build on their work, which dissects and deconstructs gender as a social construct.
Recommended Citation
Havens, Grayson, "Beyond the Binary: A Gender Memoir" (2024). HON 499 Honors Thesis or Creative Project. 24.
https://scholarworks.umf.maine.edu/honors_theses/24
Comments
HON 499 Thesis or Creative/Service Project