| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11401/78295 | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dcterms.abstract | “Resurrection” is a poetry manuscript that seeks to understand the connection between spirituality and Blackness (African and African Americans) by scrutinizing twin paradigms of migration and identity loss. It explores these themes under the Biblical myth of dying. It presupposes, through various poetic forms, that the Black saint or sinner must endure the pressures of getting into ‘heaven,’ or escaping the fires of ‘hell.’ Furthermore, they must die to the burdens of society to be ‘born again’ in order for a wholesome existence. These poems also carry personal and literary perspectives, sharing my migratory experiences form Ghana to the United States and interacting with works of poets like Lucille Clifton and Jericho Brown who similarly explore such themes. Ultimately, the poems raise questions of belonging and suggest that the Black identity in the American society continues to be complex and one must be ready to experience a difficult transition on the journey to self. | |
| dcterms.available | Never Deliver | |
| dcterms.contributor | Advisors: Sheehan, Julie; Eady, Cornelius; Doty, Mark | en_US |
| dcterms.creator | Ansong, Rachel Amanda | |
| dcterms.dateAccepted | 2018-07-03T16:28:24Z | |
| dcterms.dateSubmitted | 2018-07-03T16:28:24Z | |
| dcterms.description | Department of Creative Writing and Literature | |
| dcterms.description | Thesis | |
| dcterms.extent | 83 pages | |
| dcterms.identifier | Ansong_grad.sunysb_0771M_13525.pdf | |
| dcterms.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/11401/78295 | |
| dcterms.issued | 2017-12-01 | |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.provenance | Submitted by Jason Torre (fjason.torre@stonybrook.edu) on 2018-07-03T16:28:24Z
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Previous issue date: 2017-12-01 | en |
| dcterms.publisher | Stony Brook University | |
| dcterms.subject | Creative writing, African, Identity, Migration, Poetry | |
| dcterms.title | Resurrection | |
| dcterms.type | Text | |
