Committee Chair

Babine, Karen, 1978-

Committee Member

Einstein, Sarah; Palmer, Heather

Department

Dept. of English

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

My thesis consists of a 13-page craft paper and a series of linked narratives forming a braided memoir. This multi-perspective memoir is based on a combination of my grandmother's written reminiscences, stories my mother has told me, my own experiences, and a draft of a personal memoir. My grandmother's experiences function as the foundation of the work; the additional braided elements explore the places where our experiences converge and diverge, address the question of what happened, and acknowledge that we might never reach agreement on that question, even where these experiences were shared. My title for this project, Arguments With My Mother, is a reference to many mothers (mine, and hers, and hers, as well). It refers to the arguments we have always had about our shared history, and points a bit more obliquely to an acknowledgement that our personal and familial stories may never be a settled matter.

Degree

M. A.; A thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Arts.

Date

12-2025

Subject

Creative nonfiction; Families--History; Memory in literature; Women--Identity

Keyword

memoir; mother; creative nonfiction

Document Type

Masters theses

DCMI Type

Text

Extent

vi, 106 leaves

Language

English

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Date Available

1-1-2027

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