Do You Feel This? The Story of a Voice Lost and Reclaimed
dc.contributor.advisor | Moriarty, Laura | |
dc.contributor.author | Taussig, Rebekah Taussig | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-14T00:23:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-11-14T00:23:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-05-31 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:15230 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27348 | |
dc.description.abstract | Do You Feel This? The Story of a Voice Lost and Reclaimed is a memoir about learning to navigate the chaotic landscape of disability, shame, sexuality, faith, family, identity, and finding one’s own voice. Following a three-act structure, this book tells my story as a young, paralyzed girl, grappling with what it might look like to grow into a powerful, independent woman in a wheelchair. Spending the first few years of my life undergoing chemotherapy, radiation, and spinal surgeries, I learned early to silence myself and defer to the more authoritative voices of my mother, medical professionals, and evangelical doctrine. This story-arc follows my struggle to define my identity, make my own choices, and reclaim the powerful voice needed to narrate my own story. | |
dc.format.extent | 265 pages | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | Copyright held by the author. | |
dc.subject | Creative writing | |
dc.subject | Literature | |
dc.subject | Women's studies | |
dc.subject | creative nonfiction | |
dc.subject | creative writing | |
dc.subject | disability studies | |
dc.subject | life writing | |
dc.subject | memoir | |
dc.subject | women's studies | |
dc.title | Do You Feel This? The Story of a Voice Lost and Reclaimed | |
dc.type | Dissertation | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Graham, Maryemma | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Kaminski, Megan | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Neill, Anna | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Tucker, Sherrie | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | English | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | Ph.D. | |
dc.identifier.orcid | ||
dc.rights.accessrights | embargoedAccess |
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