Around the Table

<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>Around the Table</p> <p>By</p> <p>Rachel Elizabeth Mills</p> <p>This collection of nonfiction essays revolves around concepts of food and home. The essays focus on the universalizing nature of food, both from a personal perspective, and from a diasporic Middle Eastern perspective. In these essays I explore how food unifies and creates communities. The essays range from exploring my own upbringing in rural Upper Michigan, and how food creates bonds within my own family and community, to examining how food creates ties and communities within the Arab diaspora. This collective narrative, in focusing on the communal characteristics surrounding the human need for sustenance, seeks to bring everyone to the table.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Fine Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year dc:date.available

2014

Author dc:creator

• Mills, Rachel E.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Paul Lehmberg

• diaspora
• garden
• cooking
• kitchen
• table
• food
• family
• Dearborn
• culinary
• home
• Creative Writing
• Nonfiction

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.nmu.edu/theses/35

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.nmu.edu:theses-1018