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Constituting Women's Experiences in Appalachian Ohio: A Life History Project

Mercado Thornton, Rebecca
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1339616463

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2012, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, Communication Studies (Communication).
Drawing from the critical works of Edward Said and the narrative perspective of Mikhail Bakhtin, I explored how women, native to Appalachian Ohio, narrated their lived experiences across different moments in their life course. Their interview discourses, juxtaposed with my ethnographic field notes, provided me with rich accounts of lives lived in a space that has been historically, economically, socially, and politically encroached upon by the now diminished coal mining industry in the region. I found that many of my co-participants' lives share an intricate relationship with the local economy. Specifically, I discussed conceptual information that contributes to our understanding of home, identity, and the body. I provided an exploration of self-stories of women in this Appalachian Ohio context to show how larger political, social, and economic shifts infringe upon our everyday lives.
Devika Chawla, PhD (Advisor)
William Rawlins, PhD (Committee Co-Chair)
Raymie McKerrow, PhD (Committee Member)
Judith Grant, PhD (Committee Member)
310 p.
Communication
Appalachia; Women; Home; Body Identity

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  • Mercado Thornton, R. (2012). Constituting Women's Experiences in Appalachian Ohio: A Life History Project [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1339616463

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Mercado Thornton, Rebecca. Constituting Women's Experiences in Appalachian Ohio: A Life History Project. 2012. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1339616463.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Mercado Thornton, Rebecca. "Constituting Women's Experiences in Appalachian Ohio: A Life History Project." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1339616463

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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