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dc.contributor.advisorWashburn, Francesen_US
dc.contributor.authorEllasante, Ian
dc.creatorEllasante, Ianen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-05T19:29:31Z
dc.date.available2013-06-05T19:29:31Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/293493
dc.description.abstractWith both its inherent alienation and freedom, the experience of liminality, or the occupation of transitional spaces, is in many ways universally human. However, by nature of their bicultural liminality and the oppressive and pervasive demand for what Paula Gunn Allen terms "Indianness" American Indian authors must also confront and negotiate questions of authenticity. In so doing, many have taken the opportunity to subvert those demands, to juxtapose their actual multifaceted identities against them, to make meaning from the contrast, and to create from that re/integrated space. This thesis elucidates these points as an introduction to the body of poems that follow. The poems, often instruments of my own liminality, explore the broad themes of place, family, and identity.
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.en_US
dc.subjectLiminalityen_US
dc.subjectPoetryen_US
dc.subjectAmerican Indian Studiesen_US
dc.subjectAmerican Indian Literatureen_US
dc.titleBridges Between Me: Liminality, Authenticity, and Re/integration in American Indian Literatureen_US
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dc.typeElectronic Thesisen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberEvers, Lawrenceen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberFatzinger, Amyen_US
dc.description.releaseThesis not available per author's requesten_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate Collegeen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineAmerican Indian Studiesen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.A.en_US
dc.description.admin-noteOriginally set to release after 03-Nov-2013; contacted by author on 02-Jan-2018 for permanent restriction, Kimberly
html.description.abstractWith both its inherent alienation and freedom, the experience of liminality, or the occupation of transitional spaces, is in many ways universally human. However, by nature of their bicultural liminality and the oppressive and pervasive demand for what Paula Gunn Allen terms "Indianness" American Indian authors must also confront and negotiate questions of authenticity. In so doing, many have taken the opportunity to subvert those demands, to juxtapose their actual multifaceted identities against them, to make meaning from the contrast, and to create from that re/integrated space. This thesis elucidates these points as an introduction to the body of poems that follow. The poems, often instruments of my own liminality, explore the broad themes of place, family, and identity.


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