A HOUSE WITH PEOPLE IN IT: STORIES

A House with People in It is a collection of stories working through concepts of identity, family, relationships, and how those things renew and replace themselves in perpetuity. I think of identity less of a rigid, singular thing and more of a swirling, fluid multitude. If the body is a house, then...

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Main Author: Johnson, Isabelle
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2019
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Online Access:https://uknowledge.uky.edu/english_etds/90
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spelling ndltd-uky.edu-oai-uknowledge.uky.edu-english_etds-11152019-10-16T04:30:08Z A HOUSE WITH PEOPLE IN IT: STORIES Johnson, Isabelle A House with People in It is a collection of stories working through concepts of identity, family, relationships, and how those things renew and replace themselves in perpetuity. I think of identity less of a rigid, singular thing and more of a swirling, fluid multitude. If the body is a house, then identity is the people who live inside it. How they live next to each other—who butts up against who, who sleeps in what bed—is what’s interesting to me. These works collected in this thesis are largely the stories that I think hew closest to the things that I am concerned with, in the identities that I occupy. 2019-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://uknowledge.uky.edu/english_etds/90 Theses and Dissertations--English UKnowledge Short Story Collection Black Literature Magical Realism Feminist Literature Creative Writing Fiction
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topic Short Story Collection
Black Literature
Magical Realism
Feminist Literature
Creative Writing
Fiction
spellingShingle Short Story Collection
Black Literature
Magical Realism
Feminist Literature
Creative Writing
Fiction
Johnson, Isabelle
A HOUSE WITH PEOPLE IN IT: STORIES
description A House with People in It is a collection of stories working through concepts of identity, family, relationships, and how those things renew and replace themselves in perpetuity. I think of identity less of a rigid, singular thing and more of a swirling, fluid multitude. If the body is a house, then identity is the people who live inside it. How they live next to each other—who butts up against who, who sleeps in what bed—is what’s interesting to me. These works collected in this thesis are largely the stories that I think hew closest to the things that I am concerned with, in the identities that I occupy.
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