“I descend into mictlán”: (re)imagining threads of connection between the erotic, darkness, and the shadow-beast in the writing of Audre Lorde, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Joy Harjo
Graduation Date
2015
Document Type
Project
Program
Other
Program
Project (M.A.)--Humboldt State University, English: Literary and Cultural Studies, 2015
Committee Chair Name
Christina Accomando
Committee Chair Affiliation
HSU Faculty or Staff
Keywords
Humboldt State University -- Projects -- English
Abstract
This project aims to (re)imagine the threads of connection between the erotic, darkness, and the Shadow-Beast in the writing of Audre Lorde, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Joy Harjo. I focus on the construction of the erotic and consider how darkness and the Shadow-Beast can inform an understanding of the erotic. A (re)imagination allows me to see and understand how the Shadow-Beast as a representation of the erotic and the erotic's creative potential reveals itself in poetry and how that revelation can (re)imagine what it means for women across various differences, myself included, to become in touch with our own Shadow-Beast.
Recommended Citation
Maccarthy, Jamie, "“I descend into mictlán”: (re)imagining threads of connection between the erotic, darkness, and the shadow-beast in the writing of Audre Lorde, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Joy Harjo" (2015). Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects. 869.
https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/etd/869
https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/concern/theses/s7526f896