Nafanua and the Afakasi sister : seven linked lyrical memoir essays with a craft essay

After receiving my adoption file from Hawaii, discovering my ethnic DNA, and finding biological family located on the islands of the South Pacific, I knew I had to document my experience. The process I used to create my collection combined conversations with relatives, and research of Pacific Island culture. During my research I found that many people in the southern region of the United States, were unfamiliar with Samoan culture. I hope my work will expand the field of creative writing by connecting readers to culture, and the adoptee experience, and to encourage readers to discover and feed their own curiosities about identity. My collection is a journey about who I thought I was, the scientific discovery of who I am, and how I have become part of a family I never knew existed. My goal is to complete 13 essays and submit them for publishing.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Year dc:date.available

2023

Author dc:creator

• Herron, Tiffany

Contributors dc:contributor

• Einstein, Sarah
• Arnett, James; Baker, Sybil
• College of Arts and Sciences

• Adoption in literature
• Creative nonfiction
• Group identity
• Lyric poetry

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

English, eng

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/667

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-1830