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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/24124
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dc.contributor.advisorColeman, Daniel-
dc.contributor.advisorGoellnicht, Donald-
dc.contributor.advisorHirji, Faiza-
dc.contributor.authorKaynak, Oznur-
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-22T12:35:55Z-
dc.date.available2019-03-22T12:35:55Z-
dc.date.issued2018-11-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11375/24124-
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the embodiment and disembodiment of Middle Eastern women in Suheir Hammad’s Breaking Poems (2008) and Solmaz Sharif’s Look (2016) to better understand how war, diasporicity, violence, and intimacy affect the socio-political subjection of Middle Eastern women in the United States. Through analyzing poetry, this thesis posits that Middle Eastern women’s subjection to racism and sexism as diasporic subjects in the United States leads to their disembodiment, resulting in feelings of displacement, loss, and uncertainty regarding their identities, which parallels the disembodiment they experience in the Middle East as a result of war. The Introduction Chapter answers why this thesis focuses on diasporic Middle Eastern women and the poetry of Suheir Hammad and Solmaz Sharif. Chapter One provides a theoretical framework of the major themes discussed throughout the thesis, such as embodiment, disembodiment, precarity, and double consciousness. Chapter Two discusses Suheir Hammad’s Breaking Poems with an emphasis on a hyper-individualized account of disembodiment. Chapter Three addresses Solmaz Sharif’s Look, focusing on poetry’s movement between different geographical spaces and time frames to present a wide range of disembodiment(s) experienced by not only Solmaz Sharif, but also by other Middle Eastern subjects. The Conclusion Chapter demonstrates that the theme of embodiment and disembodiment supports Hammad and Sharif’s efforts to give voice to the silenced experiences of diasporic Middle Eastern women.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectembodimenten_US
dc.subjectdisembodimenten_US
dc.subjectdouble consciousnessen_US
dc.subjectMiddle Easten_US
dc.subjectwomenen_US
dc.subjectAmericaen_US
dc.subjectintimacyen_US
dc.subjectpoetryen_US
dc.subjectMuslimen_US
dc.subjectviolenceen_US
dc.subjectdiasporaen_US
dc.subjectdisplacementen_US
dc.subjectgenderen_US
dc.subjectWesten_US
dc.titleThis is Her Body: The Embodiment and Disembodiment of Middle Eastern Women in the Poetry of Suheir Hammad and Solmaz Sharifen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEnglish and Cultural Studiesen_US
dc.description.degreetypeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeMaster of Arts (MA)en_US
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