Date of Award
Spring 5-11-2024
Document Type
Honors Project
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
English and Linguistics
Department Chair or Program Director
Levin, Jonathan
First Advisor
Levy, Ray
Major or Concentration
English (Creative Writing Concentration)
Abstract
Old Wives’ Tales: Collections from Beneath the Floorboards draws on the rich tradition of feminist speculative fiction, particularly in the genre of the fairy tale. It responds to Walidah Imarisha’s idea of “visionary fiction,” a kind of fiction which seeks to participate in “the decolonization of the imagination.” Using an experimental fragmentary form, it explores themes of story and counter-story, maternal legacy, female interconnectedness and community, and magic as a form of female empowerment in opposition to patriarchal control and surveillance.
Recommended Citation
Barnes, Layla, "Old Wives’ Tales: Collections from Beneath the Floorboards" (2024). Student Research Submissions. 594.
https://scholar.umw.edu/student_research/594
Rights
Included in
Fiction Commons, Other Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons, Women's Studies Commons