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      Like Velvet From Antlers: A Novel

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      Date
      2020-10-01
      Author
      Shalley, Kathryn
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      Like Velvet From Antlers is domestic noir novel about a mother-daughter pairing and an exploration into how their intimate connection to a serial killer affects the minutia of their daily lives. The grounding principle of this work is a critique of romanticised serial killer narratives that play up the charisma of the killer and remove focus from the predominantly female victims. Writing back against the established—and booming—serial killer genres means creating a space where women retain bodily autonomy, the serial killer is not permitted to voice his justifications, and the voices of female characters are central to the story. To replicate fractured identities being woven back together through relationship, Like Velvet From Antlers takes place over the course of three decades—1987 to 2019—from four interlocked perspectives.
      Degree
      Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
      Department
      English
      Program
      Writing
      Supervisor
      Lynes, Jeanette
      Committee
      Morrison, Josh; MacDonald, Tanis; Benning, Sheri
      Copyright Date
      September 2020
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/13078
      Subject
      domestic noir
      true crime
      body horror
      realism
      feminist writing
      eco-feminist
      inter-genre
      polyvocal narrative
      neuroatypical
      neurodivergent
      anxiety
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