10.26180/5d9d60f4cb204 Ellena Savage Ellena Savage BLUEBERRIES & THE ESSAY AS INSTITUTION?: Tracing ideology in the contemporary essay Monash University 2019 The essay; feminist literary criticism; feminist theory; creative nonfiction; institutions. Creative Writing (incl. Playwriting) 2019-10-09 04:24:19 Thesis https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/BLUEBERRIES_THE_ESSAY_AS_INSTITUTION_Tracing_ideology_in_the_contemporary_essay/9917975 This creative writing thesis offers an exploration of the generic lineage and limits of the contemporary essay in the interests of ascertaining its radical, even revolutionary, status and potential. Focusing on institutions as spaces that regulate social roles and power relations, this thesis traces the contemporary essay’s genealogy in three directions: its liberal-Humanist origins; its complex foothold within the university; and its deployment as a socially engaged literary form in the wake of second-wave feminism, bringing it into conversation with #metoo.