Date on Master's Thesis/Doctoral Dissertation
8-2021
Document Type
Doctoral Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph. D.
Department
Humanities
Degree Program
Humanities, PhD
Committee Chair
Griner, Paul
Committee Co-Chair (if applicable)
Clukey, Amy
Committee Member
Clukey
Committee Member
Fosl, Catherine
Committee Member
Maxwell, Kristi
Author's Keywords
memoir; bipolar disorder; epilepsy; temporal lobe epilepsy; creative writing
Abstract
This dissertation is a memoir that is about my nuclear family. The themes within the memoir itself include my father’s bipolar disorder, my temporal lobe epilepsy, and how volatile the combination was as I grew up, but also how loving my family was, despite all the issues. It also looks at the ramifications of having temporal lobe epilepsy, growing up queer (bi+) in a time when being queer at all was not accepted and being bi+ was not understood, and the issues I’ve had with my sisters, which were caused in part by my father The memoir is accompanied by a critical afterword that examines my positions within the memoir (primarily) through the lenses of disability studies, medical humanities, and creative writing/memoir studies.
Recommended Citation
Glass, Elizabeth Lane, "Explosive family dinners: bipolar disorder, temporal lobe epilepsy & me critical afterword convulsive family dynamics: when mental and neurological disabilities entangle and isolate." (2021). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 3712.
https://doi.org/10.18297/etd/3712
