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THE FAMILY: A DRAMA
dc.contributor.authorBuxton, Matthew
dc.contributor.advisorMattawa, Khaled
dc.contributor.advisorHu, Tung-Hui
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-28T19:55:29Z
dc.date.available2025-05-28T19:55:29Z
dc.date.issued2025-04
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/197471
dc.description.abstractA collection of poetry, framed as a play, in response to the Mormon Church's official statement, “The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” released in 1995: a document that warned of society's changing views on morality and emphasized the importance of the nuclear family in God's divine plan. It also declared gender as predetermined and for marriage to exclusively be between a man and a woman, shunning LGBTQ+ individuals from their families. This poetry collection navigates the surreal childhood of a queer speaker raised in a family with God, known as Elohim, physically present in the home and the resulting destruction of the family because of His omnipresence.
dc.subjectPoetry
dc.subjectLGBTQ+
dc.subjectReligion
dc.subjectTheater
dc.subjectChildhood
dc.titleTHE FAMILY: A DRAMA
dc.typeThesis
dc.description.thesisdegreenameMaster of Fine Arts (MFA)
dc.description.thesisdegreegrantorUniversity of Michigan
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEnglish Language and Literature
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHumanities
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of English Language and Literature
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampusAnn Arbor
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/197471/1/buxtonma2025.pdf
dc.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.7302/25896
dc.working.doi10.7302/25896en
dc.owningcollnameDissertations and Theses (Ph.D. and Master's)


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