With Scraps We Made Sacred Food

Author

CooXooEii Black

Date

2023

Document Type

Thesis (Access Restricted)

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts

Department

English

Committee Chair

Marcus Wicker

Committee Member

Emily Skaja

Committee Member

Marcus Wicker

Committee Member

Emily Skaja

Committee Member

Donal Harris

Abstract

With Scraps We Made Sacred Food is a collection of poems in which the speaker reflects on redemption through the lens of his tribal nation, personal, and family histories. “Redemption" is explored through faith in the biblical account of Jesus Christ and the Indigenous and Black practice of transforming limited food rations into delicacies. Inspired by oral traditions, these poems meditate on identity, land, and memory. They straddle the line between praise and elegy, myth and reality. Through this slipperiness, the speaker doesn’t seek to give answers but instead aims to ask the right questions and reconcile, within himself, the relationship between Native Americans and Christianity.

Comments

Data is provided by the student.

Library Comment

Dissertation or thesis originally submitted to ProQuest

Notes

No Access

Recommended Citation

Black, CooXooEii, "With Scraps We Made Sacred Food" (2023). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3127.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/etd/3127