Guilty Pleasures

dc.contributor.advisorAtkinson, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorWeinroth, Caroline
dc.creatorWeinroth, Caroline
dc.date2020-05-04
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-12T21:01:31Z
dc.descriptionThis thesis has been embargoed for 10 years. It will not be available until May 2030 at the earliest.
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is a collection of poems that explores the confines and expansions of young femininity. Working within a “gurlesque” style of poetry, Guilty Pleasures comments on the razzle-dazzle of beauty pageants, the stickiness of new love, and the witchy mysticism of being a woman. Underlying the glitz and glam is constraint. Present here are the literal constraints of poetic form, as well as the corset-like bondages of womanhood; the tightness of a zipped dress, feeling trapped like a princess in a tower. Sure, maybe she can’t move so freely…but doesn’t she look so good?
dc.description.embargo2030-05-04
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/13013
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectPoetry
dc.subjectMiss America
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectBeauty pageant
dc.subjectGurlesque
dc.subjectFeminist
dc.titleGuilty Pleasures
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCreative Writing
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelMaster's
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

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