Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Lyons, Richard
Committee Member
Pierce, Catherine
Committee Member
West, Robert
Date of Degree
5-9-2015
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
English
Degree Name
Master of Arts
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of English
Abstract
Though Sandra Beasley is not generally considered a feminist poet, many of her poems in I Was the Jukebox contain feminist undertones. This critical introduction takes into consideration the implications of these feminist undertones and examines Beasley’s cultural critique of masculinity, violence, and how the two are occasionally interchangeable. Because Beasley uses mythic personae to make these cultural critiques, her poems often work to subvert literary norms and patriarchal narratives. Similar to the way Beasley interrogates masculinity, I use a feminist perspective to interrogate both masculinity as perceived from my own lived experiences as well as my heritage as a Southerner.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/18107
Recommended Citation
Pearce, Kayla, "Count the Rings" (2015). Theses and Dissertations. 1200.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/1200