Dissertation
ILLUMINATING THE COMPLEXITIES OF A FIRST-GENERATION, HMONG AMERICAN MOTHER IN GRADUATE EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
01/2017
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/117212
Abstract
The purpose of this dissertation is to highlight the various identities of a Hmong American woman, mother, and graduate student by deconstructing the intersectionality of race, gender and culture that influences the way she navigated higher education and graduate school. To support a more holistic view of Hmong American women’s experience, I use a Critical Race Feminism (CRF) theoretical lens to analyze how one performs and is empowered to navigate successfully through our society and education. Furthermore, my autoethnographic research highlights the diverse stories and experiences of one Hmong American woman, and illuminates on the struggles and challenges one may encounter to succeed. I also look at how one navigates motherhood in combination with the other various identities, (i.e., race and gender), that are commonly seen as hindering many women of color in higher education, and how these identities operate together. Furthermore, I deconstruct the gender and racial discourses that also revolve around family, culture, and academia through autoethnography to create space and agency that will illuminate my personal stories as political learning.
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- Title
- ILLUMINATING THE COMPLEXITIES OF A FIRST-GENERATION, HMONG AMERICAN MOTHER IN GRADUATE EDUCATION
- Creators
- Manee Moua
- Contributors
- Pamela J Bettis (Advisor)Brenda L Barrio (Committee Member)Paula Groves-Price (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Department of Teaching and Learning
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 189
- Identifiers
- 99900581516701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation