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On Unstable Ground: A Journey in Time, Memory, and Place

Abstract

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<p>On Unstable Ground is the story of the two years I spent trying to understand and navigate El Salvador—both as a place and a history. This is not, however, a memoir, per se. Rather, it is a history told through personal narrative. Each essay-chapter revolves around a particular experience that I had living in that country—a point of contact or clash—that magnified an important aspect of El Salvadors character. Cumulatively, the essays piece together the story of a geographic journey as well as an exploration of history, a second journey that garners an evolving understanding of the events and circumstances that have shaped the nature of that place.'</p>

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
MFA Creative Writing
Level thesis:degree_level
Masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
English
Year dc:date.available
2011

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Beer, Molly
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Martin, Gregory
  • Harrison, Gary
  • Sundeen, Mark
  • Thiel, Diane

Subjects

dc:subject × 4

Rights

Language dc:language
English

Identifiers

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OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:digitalrepository.unm.edu:engl_etds-1052

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2026-07-24
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citation

Beer, Molly. On Unstable Ground: A Journey in Time, Memory, and Place. Masters thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1928/12987