AUTO-FEM: ESSAYS
Date Available
4-25-2020
Year of Publication
2018
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Document Type
Master's Thesis
College
Arts and Sciences
Department/School/Program
English
First Advisor
Erik Reece
Abstract
Auto Fem: Essays is a nonfiction essay collection revolving around one young woman’s family and their relationship to the motors that accelerate familial bonds. Each motor-related essay brings readers deeper into the admiration of speed and the environment that surrounds it. The essays span from the author's childhood into adulthood, revealing the different ways a woman is sexualized within these subcultures. This sexualization leads to internal battles for the female participant that result in sometimes toxic eating habits and a complicated body image.
The author provides a sometimes brutal, sometimes funny, but always honest view. The essays collected here explore one woman's experience of being a woman within male-dominated spaces-- from table gambling in casinos to Harley Davidson motorcycle rallies. These essays explore over twenty years of one nuclear family's love for motors and each other.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/ETD.2018.180
Recommended Citation
Santos, Krystin, "AUTO-FEM: ESSAYS" (2018). Theses and Dissertations--English. 72.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/english_etds/72
