Date of Award
Spring 3-30-2021
Document Type
Distinction Paper
Degree Name
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies - BA
Department
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Advisor
Tammy Birk, Ph.D.
First Committee Member
Terry Hermsen, Ph.D
Second Committee Member
Jeremy Llorence, MFA
Keywords
Poetry, LGBT+, Slam Poetry, Transgender, Memoir, Creative Writing
Subject Categories
Higher Education | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies | Other Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Poetry
Abstract
(Trans)form will explore the importance of spoken word poetry in and for the queer and transgender community. Especially underscoring the significance of public voice in a culture that often wants to conceal or minimize the lived lives of LGTBQIAP+ people. (Trans)form will be a collection of self-authored spoken word poems that are influenced by—and in dialogue with—powerful transgender spoken word authors. The project will open with an essay on the importance of spoken word poetry and voice.
Recommended Citation
Strobel, Kaileigh/Wesley, "(TRANS)FORM: SPOKEN WORD AS QUEER AND TRANSGENDER TESTIMONY" (2021). Undergraduate Distinction Papers. 95.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/stu_dist/95
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