Date of Award
8-2014
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Department
English
Program
English (MA)
First Advisor/Chairperson
Paul Lehmberg
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Around the Table
By
Rachel Elizabeth Mills
This collection of nonfiction essays revolves around concepts of food and home. The essays focus on the universalizing nature of food, both from a personal perspective, and from a diasporic Middle Eastern perspective. In these essays I explore how food unifies and creates communities. The essays range from exploring my own upbringing in rural Upper Michigan, and how food creates bonds within my own family and community, to examining how food creates ties and communities within the Arab diaspora. This collective narrative, in focusing on the communal characteristics surrounding the human need for sustenance, seeks to bring everyone to the table.
Recommended Citation
Mills, Rachel E., "Around the Table" (2014). All NMU Master's Theses. 35.
https://commons.nmu.edu/theses/35
Access Type
Open Access