A Bachelor's Family A memoir of relationship and childlessness
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Alan Close Thesis (PDF 512kB) |
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A Bachelor's Family is a memoir of relationship, exploring --from a male point of view--my trajectory to a 'circumstantially childless' middle age. The thesis argues for this memoir and my concurrently written magazine column In The Male, to be read in the context of 'masculinity politics', specifically as a site of what Bob Connell terms 'masculinity therapy'. As a writer heretofore of fiction, the fact that I should find myself working in these forms of creative non-fiction--both attempts to discuss aspects of contemporary masculinity in the public sphere--reflects not only recent
industry and reader interest in the form but, with its emphasis on the 'healing possibilities' of truthfulness and personal disclosure, embraces the essence of 'masculinity therapy'.
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| ID Code: | 16013 |
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| Item Type: | QUT Thesis (Masters by Research) |
| Supervisor: | Glover, Stuart & Neilsen, Philip |
| Keywords: | Men, Memoir, Relationships, Masculinity Politics, Masculinity Therapy |
| Divisions: | Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Creative Industries Faculty |
| Department: | Creative Industries |
| Institution: | Queensland University of Technology |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright Alan Close |
| Deposited On: | 03 Dec 2008 03:55 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jun 2017 14:39 |
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