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I am who I am where I am: validating in-between status with an artist's book and autobiography

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dc.contributor.authorLee, Seojung, author
dc.contributor.authorMuntoreanu, Roberto, advisor
dc.contributor.authorPlastini, Johnny, committee member
dc.contributor.authorChien, Ting-Fang, committee member
dc.contributor.authorYan, Ruoh-Nan, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-27T10:31:58Z
dc.date.available2026-05-20
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThis autobiography investigates in-between/betwixt identities about my immigration experiences as a woman of color in the U.S. Autobiography was historically used for presenting stories about the great white men (Smyth, 2016). Then, autobiography was written by white middle class women during first wave feminism to work against patriarchy and sexism (Bromley, 2012). Since 1970, women of color wrote down our experiences as a collective identity, and many Asian American art educators continue the legacy with autobiography by expressing in-between identities. I created a series of Artist's book with graphic design and printmaking based on two arts-based investigations to find my root: 1) practice-based research (Sullivan, 2004) and 2) a/r/tography (Irwin, 2013). I used the framework from Sullivan's (2004) argument that visual art is a theoretically grounded form of research to make an action which I was drawn to because it empowers other first-generation women of color with my experience. Also, a/r/tography helps me to understand my previous experience about belonging and how the idea of belonging can continuously move toward new understanding about my in-between identities, becoming transformational ideas (Irwin, 2013). I will expand to a greater narrative to generate political meaning collaboratively in future research as autoethnography.
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dc.identifierLee_colostate_0053N_18271.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/238400
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.subjectan artist's book
dc.subjectautobiography
dc.subjectpractice-based
dc.subjectarts-based
dc.subjecta/r/tography
dc.subjectin-between
dc.titleI am who I am where I am: validating in-between status with an artist's book and autobiography
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thesis.degree.disciplineArt and Art History
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

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