Hiding in the White Space: Unknowing Myself in the Colors of the South
Year: 2026
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This thesis is a memoir about the narrator's experience of being raised in the American South. The narrator wrestles with her racial and political identity, her love for her home and her family, her guilt for moving away, all while painting a portrait of Arkansas through its vivid nature and fraught history. It is about finding belonging, or a lack thereof, in a family that loves but does not resemble you, in a state that raised but has historically rejected you.
DOI: 10.17615/nw5p-tn75
Author: Hoffman, Jessica
Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7161400470
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