Date of Award
Summer 8-1-2018
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
English
School
Humanities
Committee Chair
Angela Ball
Committee Chair Department
English
Committee Member 2
Anne Sanow
Committee Member 2 Department
English
Committee Member 3
Sherita Johnson
Committee Member 3 Department
English
Committee Member 4
Martina Sciolino
Committee Member 4 Department
English
Abstract
This dissertation is composed of five short stories about family life. All of the narrators are African-American, and every story is set in the rural American South. Together, these stories constitute half of the short story collection on which I have worked for the past several years. Major themes explored herein include the struggle to maintain a sense of pride in African-American traditions, the damaging effects of racial shame/shaming, and the loss of one’s family via death and abandonment.
Copyright
2018, Monic Ductan
Recommended Citation
Ductan, Monic, "Gullah Babies" (2018). Dissertations. 1541.
https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/1541