Year of Award

2010

Document Type

Professional Paper

Degree Type

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Other Degree Name/Area of Focus

Creative Writing Program

Department or School/College

Department of English

Committee Chair

Prageeta Sharma

Commitee Members

Debra Magpie Earling, Hipolito Rafael Chacon

Keywords

Diaspora, Fiction, Guam, Pacific Islanders, Queer Identity, Short Stories

Publisher

University of Montana

Abstract

A collection of short stories and experimental forms centered upon the life of Atti, a heroine whose experience as a multi-ethnic, lesbian-identified artist contributes to her (and other characters') theories about identity formation in a global community--one in which Western norms and Chamoru cultural practices are juxtaposed. Atti (whose name in Chamoru means "one who plays tricks") is an atypical heroine-figure, even in the most contemporary American literature, though her experience is representative of a significant community of Pacific Islanders currently living in America.

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