“I Have Blocked out so Much”: The Influence of Family Storytelling and Sequestering on Mothers’ Legacies in Appalachia
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Appalachia is a region riddled with many forms of poverty amidst family legacies of struggle, survival, or success.Communication researchers are interested in how communication through storytelling is related to these various legacies, with hopes of someday influencing more family legacies of success and less struggle.Employing interviews with ten pairs of mothers and daughters as well as my autoethnographic writing, I explored women's role in family storytelling to influence family legacies.In addition to sharing stories, sequestering stories emerged as a major theme working to foster and disrupt family legacies.I have also discussed the findings, their implications, and future areas of study.iv Dedication To the women and my girls: Be courageous, be vulnerable, be authentic and know that you are stronger than you've thought; you can do difficult things.v Jannie: That's what we like to do-we like to make fun of Mom [laughing].
Author: Angela N. Huffman
Institution: Ohio University
Language: English
Topic: Appalachian Local History
Subfield: General Social Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2699306945