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The Changing, Sabrina B. Black
The Changing, Sabrina B. Black
Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers
In poems that center on experiences of childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood, The Changing explores the formation of identity and the malleability of the self. Sabrina Black writes into the spaces between people—at times finding connection there and at times isolation. Throughout the collection, the speaker reflects on complicated relationships with family members, classmates, and friends; on the ways those relationships have shaped her; and, most of all, on her relationship with that elusive thing called the self.
In a series of “Dear Advice Columnist” poems scattered throughout the manuscript, Black shifts focus away from personal experience, adopting the persona …
Discovering The Chinese Mining Child: The Archaeology Of Children And Childhood In Multicultural American Mining Communities, Nicole A. Lane
Discovering The Chinese Mining Child: The Archaeology Of Children And Childhood In Multicultural American Mining Communities, Nicole A. Lane
Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers
Children made up roughly one-quarter of the population of industrial boomtowns in the
North American West, underscoring the connections of family to places commonly
thought to be bachelor communities. By comparing artifacts and historical contexts from
three mining communities (Butte, Montana; Deadwood, South Dakota; and Sandpoint,
Idaho) established in the late 19th century, this thesis will contribute to archaeologies of
children, childhood, and socialization, examining material remains as a line of evidence
to study the ways in which relationships, gender, race, and class pervaded the lives of
children in these industrial settings. The methods employed here integrate information
from historical …