Ghost Mouth

dc.contributor.advisor	Pankey, Eric
dc.contributor.author	Baugh, Catee
dc.creator	Baugh, Catee
dc.date	2013-04-29
dc.date.accessioned	2013-12-03T19:21:26Z
dc.date.available	2018-08-26T06:34:52Z
dc.date.issued	2013-12-03
dc.description.abstract	This thesis is a poetic meditation on three famines in history: the Irish Potato Famine lasting from 1845 to 1852, the Ukrainian famine of 1933, and the Great Chinese Famine lasting from 1958 to 1961. In telling these narratives, a kind of memorial is built through poetry, and therefore an examination of memorials themselves begins. The thesis concerns itself with tragedies easily forgotten by the American public. In considering memorials and their psychological function, another thread appears: that of guilt, complicity, and privilege. Following this thread, it becomes apparent that in order to look at these tragedies one must first acknowledge from where one is looking.
dc.description.note	This work is embargoed by the author and will not be available until August 2018.
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1920/8621
dc.language.iso	en
dc.subject	Hunger
dc.subject	Religion
dc.subject	Famine
dc.subject	Memory
dc.subject	Memorial
dc.title	Ghost Mouth
dc.type	Thesis
thesis.degree.discipline	Creative Writing
thesis.degree.grantor	George Mason University
thesis.degree.level	Master's
thesis.degree.name	Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

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