T. Hanks for Everything

<p>This thesis is an excerpt of an in-progress, full-length memoir. <em>T. Hanks for Everything </em>celebrates the myriad of ways art molds and shapes who we become and interrogates the nature in which mere appreciation transforms into fandom. The writer reflects on the impact actor Tom Hanks has had on her life through narratives that blend the personal with the biographical, developing both the writer’s and Hanks’ characters side-by-side. The writer uses humor as a mechanism to navigate the world, to deflect pain, and to find healing in the midst of it. This thesis hopes to be a safe place for the reader to do the same. <em>T. Hanks for Everything</em> aims to open up a conversation about the power pop culture has to be a bridge that connects us to one another in a world that is often so divided.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year dc:date.available

2020

Author dc:creator

• Johnson, Anissa

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jon Billman

• memoir
• creative nonfiction
• nonfiction
• pop culture
• humor
• film
• narrative
• Tom Hanks
• childhood
• fandom

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.nmu.edu/theses/648

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.nmu.edu:theses-1683