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| Author |
Curran, Ashley Rae (著)
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| Date | 2011 |
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| Pages | 161 |
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| Publisher | University of Central Florida |
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https://www.ucf.edu/
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| Location | Orlando, FL, US [奧蘭多, 佛羅里達州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 博碩士論文=Thesis and Dissertation |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Degree | M.F.A. |
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| Institution | University of Central Florida |
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| Department | English |
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| Advisor | Bartkevicius, Jocelyn |
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| Publication year | 2011 |
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| Keyword | Motherhood; Mothers -- Biography |
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| Abstract | Birth of a Mother is a memoir that tells the story of how my unplanned pregnancy helps me to transform from a damaged adolescent into an empowered mother. Using a first person, present tense narrative, I relive the nine months leading up to the unmedicated home birth of my first child, exploring the conflicts I faced over my obesity, over having no job and no place to call home, and over developing a relationship with a man who was not the baby's father. Weaving in past tense vignettes, I attempt to show how I prepared myself for impending motherhood by reflecting on my mother's short, violent life and the abuse I suffered at her hands; the effect of losing my mother at the age of twelve and my quest to find someone to fill her role throughout my adolescence; my experiences with faith, from Christianity, to Buddhism, to Atheism, to Paganism; and by struggling to heal the emotional scars left over from suffering childhood abuse, and multiple rapes as a teenager. As I uncover parallels between my mother's life and my own, I come to a new understanding of the mental illness that seems prevalent in my family, of the causes and triggers of my personal flaws, and of methods that I can use to become for my child the mother I always wanted for myself. |
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| Created date | 2023.05.03 |
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| Modified date | 2023.07.05 |
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