“Lucky Little Guy”: Unpacking Mixed-Family Privilege and Marginality through Critical Narrative
This paper examines the role of narrative as an avenue for critically unpacking family history. In this case, the narrative grows out of the preparation and performance of a one-person play, “A Conversation with Alana: One Boy’s Multicultural Rite of Passage.” Through continuously rethinking family...
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| description | This paper examines the role of narrative as an avenue for critically unpacking family history. In this case, the narrative grows out of the preparation and performance of a one-person play, “A Conversation with Alana: One Boy’s Multicultural Rite of Passage.” Through continuously rethinking family history during the rehearsal and performance process, the intersection of marginality and privilege within a single life trajectory is analyzed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-276b9f9dac5a463a858f5a7691e287182023-11-19T21:04:56ZengMDPI AGGenealogy2313-57782020-04-01424710.3390/genealogy4020047“Lucky Little Guy”: Unpacking Mixed-Family Privilege and Marginality through Critical NarrativeCarlos Cortes0Department of History, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USAThis paper examines the role of narrative as an avenue for critically unpacking family history. In this case, the narrative grows out of the preparation and performance of a one-person play, “A Conversation with Alana: One Boy’s Multicultural Rite of Passage.” Through continuously rethinking family history during the rehearsal and performance process, the intersection of marginality and privilege within a single life trajectory is analyzed.https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/4/2/47ethnicityfamilyinterculturalintermarriageintersectionalitymarginality |
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| title | “Lucky Little Guy”: Unpacking Mixed-Family Privilege and Marginality through Critical Narrative |
| title_full | “Lucky Little Guy”: Unpacking Mixed-Family Privilege and Marginality through Critical Narrative |
| title_fullStr | “Lucky Little Guy”: Unpacking Mixed-Family Privilege and Marginality through Critical Narrative |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Lucky Little Guy”: Unpacking Mixed-Family Privilege and Marginality through Critical Narrative |
| title_short | “Lucky Little Guy”: Unpacking Mixed-Family Privilege and Marginality through Critical Narrative |
| title_sort | lucky little guy unpacking mixed family privilege and marginality through critical narrative |
| topic | ethnicity family intercultural intermarriage intersectionality marginality |
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