Identifying and Healing Writerly Fragmentation
Title and/or Affiliation
Independent Scholar
Presenter Bio
Liz Parker Garcia is a 2011 graduate of Hollins' MFA in Children's Literature program. She recently earned a PhD from the University of Tennessee where she majored in Education and Literacy Studies with an emphasis in Children's and YA Literature.
Session
Panel: Self-Creation
Location
Zoom
Start Date
9-7-2022 2:45 PM
End Date
9-7-2022 4:00 PM
Abstract
In White supremacist educational and publishing systems, minoritized writers are often pressured to adopt Eurocentric practices and center the "White gaze." This can result in fragmentation (defined here as the silencing and erasing of parts of self). This presentation details one Vietnamese American writer's quest to identify and heal her writerly fragmentation through the incorporation of decolonial feminist creative practices.
Identifying and Healing Writerly Fragmentation
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In White supremacist educational and publishing systems, minoritized writers are often pressured to adopt Eurocentric practices and center the "White gaze." This can result in fragmentation (defined here as the silencing and erasing of parts of self). This presentation details one Vietnamese American writer's quest to identify and heal her writerly fragmentation through the incorporation of decolonial feminist creative practices.
Comments
Moderated by Marcie Atkins