Forced Family Separation at the U.S.-Mexico Border Examined through Narrative Theory

Author

Emily Ulhman

Date of Award

2024

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

English

First Advisor

Katie Owens-Murphy

Second Advisor

Jason Price

Abstract

An essential argument in grasping the negative impacts of forced family separation, a border policy upheld during the Trump Administration, follows this idea: to better understand the damage of the approaches taken during the Trump Administration's zero-tolerance policy, scholars must look at the narratives of those who experienced it.In my thesis, I use narratology to examine 18 nonfictional personal narratives of family separation enforced throughout the Trump Administration.

Recommended Citation

Ulhman, Emily, "Forced Family Separation at the U.S.-Mexico Border Examined through Narrative Theory" (2024). Theses. 18.
https://roar.una.edu/theses/18