This collection of loosely-linked personal essays explores the fluid nature of individual and cultural identity. In the opening essay, "Midrash," I utilize my past and my ancestor's immigration story to explain my complicated identity as a Texan, Californian, New Yorker, twenty-something woman, and Jew. This is a recurring element in most of the essays in the collection. The settings and contexts of the essays often set the stage for a sense of Diaspora or loss within my own narrative world. I do not offer these moments in time to merely showcase confusion in one's sense of self, but rather to interrogate the complex and multidimensional identities that today's world forces each of us to inhabit. / Graduation date: 2012 / Access permanently restricted to the OSU Community at author's request.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/30109 |
| Date | 01 January 8099 |
| Creators | Luskey, Jacquelyn Kate |
| Contributors | Sandor, Marjorie |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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