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Journey into the self: essays on biculturalism.
Heidi Moe Graviet Follow
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biculturalism, biracial, identity
This thesis examines what it means to exist as a bicultural being and how one approaches creating and negotiating a multicultural identity in terms of names, war, religion, belonging, and loss. In Narrow Road to the Interior, Matsuo Bashō embarks upon a journey of transcendence and self-discovery into the interior regions of Japan. In doing so, he establishes a Japanese writing tradition that centers around introspective journey-taking and writing oneself into truth and being. This thesis examines, participates in, and expands upon this writing tradition as it follows one Japanese American woman’s attempts to selfhood. Ultimately, it proposes the idea of wholeness through fragmented identity, supporting the theory that self-creation never concludes and resists the resolution of a blended being.
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Graviet, Heidi Moe, "Journey into the Self: Essays on Biculturalism" (2020). Undergraduate Honors Theses . 160. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/studentpub_uht/160
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/uht0161
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