| Summary: | <p>Though Sandra Beasley is not generally considered a feminist poet, many of her poems in <i>I Was the Jukebox</i> contain feminist undertones. This critical introduction takes into consideration the implications of these feminist undertones and examines Beasleys cultural critique of masculinity, violence, and how the two are occasionally interchangeable. Because Beasley uses mythic personae to make these cultural critiques, her poems often work to subvert literary norms and patriarchal narratives. Similar to the way Beasley interrogates masculinity, I use a feminist perspective to interrogate both masculinity as perceived from my own lived experiences as well as my heritage as a Southerner. </p>
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