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    Autobiographical Graphics: reading the queer "I" in women's life writing

    Year: 2019, 2019
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Thesis advisor (ths): Steffler, Margaret, Degree committee member (dgc): Pendleton-Jiménez, Karleen, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>This thesis examines the work of queer women who author graphic autobiographical texts. Alison Bechdel, Sarah Leavitt, and Elizabeth Beier all employ the graphic medium to narrate their personal experiences with coming out, growing up, and navigating heteronormative spaces as lesbian or bisexual women. By studying the work of these three authors in tandem, this thesis functions to expand… more