
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Identifier
1082
Date
2014
Date of Award
4-22-2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Major
Creative Writing
Committee Chair
Sonja Livingston
Committee Member
Ladrica Menson-Furr
Committee Member
Verner Mitchell
Abstract
Abstract Fractured Self--A Life in One Hundred Snapshots is a memoir of one hundred vignettes that begins with the writer's early childhood and ends right after she gets married. There are several questions that haunt the writer, but the question, "Does racism, one of life's major stressors, contribute to mental illness in African American women?" is the main question that is addressed throughout the memoir. The writer also addresses issues of identity as she attempts to find her place in the world.
Library Comment
dissertation or thesis originally submitted to the local University of Memphis Electronic Theses & dissertation (ETD) Repository.
Recommended Citation
Stayton, Lonette Robertson, "Fractured Self--A Life in One Hundred Snapshots" (2014). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 917.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/etd/917
Comments
Data is provided by the student.