Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
Communication and Storytelling Studies
Date of Award
12-2019
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Amber Kinser
Committee Members
Delanna Reed, Patrick Cronin
Abstract
This study examines experiences of racial microaggressions as related to an audience through the art of Storytelling. Integrating Performance Ethnography and Critical Race Theory, it examines how storytelling may serve to illuminate the concept of racial microaggressions. After examining the current body of work on Racism, Storytelling and Microaggression, the author moves through the stories of experiences with racial microaggression from four individuals, gathered and performed as a storytelling event, before a live audience. The communicative management methods individuals use when talking about race and racial microaggressions are explored in presentation of the audience discussion which followed the performance. The author concludes storytelling has merit as a tool for the illumination of racial microaggressions, yet the potency with which racism is ingrained in the psyche of white people in U.S. indicates significant structure must be applied to public discussions of race to support the utilization of storytelling in this manner.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Lunceford, Tama, "Stories of Color: An Exploration of Storytelling and Racial Microaggression" (2019). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 3672. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3672
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.