Diagnosed Identity: Using Performance to Rupture Dominant Narratives of Adult Children of Alcoholics
Date of Award
12-1-2010
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Speech Communication
First Advisor
Gingrich-Philbrook, Craig
Abstract
Using autoethnography, performance praxis, and narrative theory, this thesis seeks to examine the discourses of the Recovery Industry in relationship to Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACoA). The Recovery Industry creates normalized identity scripts that may be problematic for some people who fall under this diagnosis/category. By using subversive performance praxis, the author hopes to rupture these dominant narratives in hope of creating new possibilities for identity narratives.
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