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Ghost Kingdoms and Phantom Worlds: Narrative strategies in adoptee autofiction

Quist, Shannon RoseTexas Woman's University2022

… the adoptee situated in reality and the possible worlds they create within themselves through mental activity. Adoptees exist in both of these worlds simultaneously. Using primarily narrative theory, I argue that Lifton’s Ghost Kingdoms are a narrative framework adoptees use to compose narratives …

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