Sisters Before the Fall

<p>This thesis comprises the first fourteen chapters of a fiction entitled "Sisters Before the Fall", which brings to the forefront extreme, yet, real abuses faced by women in the Middle East and the northeastern countries of Africa. Those abuses are the result of social, political, and cultural influences, and include general repression of women and girls, female genital mutilation, marriage of prepubescent girls, and the slave trade. A female American volunteer and a female Hispanic doctor meet these women in a humanitarian compound in western Sudan. As they work together to overcome challenges brought on by war, they realize they are sisters, regardless of their backgrounds, experiences, and previous prejudices. Many female writers have written nonfiction and fictional works regarding these abuses, but no one has placed these abuses together in one narrative and included the elements of an American and Hispanic persons' perspectives.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in English

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• Captain, Heather LaNae

Contributors dc:contributor

• Wayne Blackmon

• sisterhood
• repression of women and girls
• female genital mutilation
• marriage of prepubescent girls
• slave trade
• effects of war on women and children
• overcoming prejudice
• English Language and Literature

Statement dc:rights

• © Heather LaNae Captain

Repository record dc:identifier

https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/1148

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:bearworks.missouristate.edu:theses-2149