Women

Overview "Acid Base Daughters follows primarily women at points of transformation, transition states, in their lives. A grieving woman discovers glass animals that come alive only in her presence. A pair of daughters try to remedy traumas using chemistry. A command-giving, ever- evolving bird refuses to leave one woman. A nurse collects mothers. A ballerina navigates desire on and off stage. And a strange circus brings one girl more than she asked for. Through explorations of grief and loss, longing,...

Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...

Overview "My thesis contains six essays from my collection-in-progress, 'Mothers and Other Fictional Characters,' which blends memoir and literary investigation to explore the forces shaping girls and the women they become. In my collection's three sequential sections—Maidens, Mothers, and Crones—I consider the archetypes imposed on the female life span. What happens, my essays ask, when our inherited narratives of womanhood collide with our particular experiences and circumstances? And what can...