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- <p>Finnerty, Mora Lee - Autobiography.</p> <p>Anorexia nervosa patients' writings, American.</p> <p>Bulimia patients' writings, American.</p> (1)
- <p>Wadley, Sarah L. - Diaries.</p> <p>United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Women.</p> <p>Southern States - Social life and customs - 1775-1865.</p> (1)
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Journeys: A Critical Analysis Of The Diary Of Sarah L. Wadley, Regina C. Davis
Journeys: A Critical Analysis Of The Diary Of Sarah L. Wadley, Regina C. Davis
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
As a young woman living in Louisiana during the Civil War, Sarah Lois Wadley documented in her diary the fractured, conflicted perspective that was her experience as a woman living in the war ravaged South. Her writing is evidence of the confusion she felt as a result of the discrepancy between the expectations of Southern patriarchal society and her own needs as a woman. Wadley’s diary is a complex text similar to a novel in that it relates events through a construct that reflects her response to her reader’s/society’s expectations. From a deconstructionist perspective, the power of Wadley’s text lies …
Dancing With The Bag Lady, Mora Lee Finnerty
Dancing With The Bag Lady, Mora Lee Finnerty
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
Predominantly explores the author's decade-long struggle with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, from pre-onset to present day. Other universal themes include dysfunctional family life, discrimination, materialism, adolescence, alcohol and drug abuse, music, religion, academia, married life, hypochondria, disease, and death.