Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>This dissertation is a collection of essays that examines the authors coming-of-age in terms of religion, race, gender, and family. Using a combination of personal experience, reflection on this experience, and outside research, these essays employ creative nonfiction strategies to find meaning and sense in the complex terrain of human existence. The recurring themes all focus on change—the author's growth from a conservative, sheltered girlhood to womanhood, when she begins cultivating her new beliefs. The questions persist of how much the past will influence the present and how much the past can, and should, be let go.'</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
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- Kirk, Nari
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Martin, Gregory
- Doyle, Brian
- Warner, Sharon
- Houston, Gail
Subjects
dc:subject × 3Rights
- Language dc:language
- English
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalrepository.unm.edu:engl_etds-1067