Fish Dreams

dc.contributor.advisorJubran, Hanna
dc.contributor.authorGraves, Karena
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-05T13:45:53Z
dc.date.available2023-06-05T13:45:53Z
dc.date.created2023-05
dc.date.issued2023-04-27
dc.date.submittedMay 2023
dc.date.updated2023-06-02T15:40:40Z
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Art and Design
dc.degree.disciplineMFA-Art
dc.degree.grantorEast Carolina University
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.degree.nameM.F.A.
dc.description.abstractIn my family, when women dream of fish, it symbolizes that a family member or close friend is pregnant. Based on our cultural background as African Americans, our interpretation of our dreams is how we share and pass down stories within our traditions. My aim for this research and creative activity is to bring my voice as an African American woman into the conversation of dream research, which at times is not only dominated by a white male perspective but a white male perspective occupying space in the discussion of African American dream analysis. This series of artwork contains sculptural assemblages and woven textiles that express different imagery of the fish dream. The artworks are based on interviews with the matriarchs of my family that have experienced fish dreams: Sirena Manuel (mother), Elecia Satterfield (aunt), and Bernice Graves (grandmother). Interviewing my family, allows me to document the oral history of their experiences with the fish dream.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/12829
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEast Carolina University
dc.subjectFish Dream
dc.subjectOral History
dc.subject.lcshDreams in art
dc.subject.lcshAfrican American art
dc.subject.lcshDream interpretation
dc.subject.lcshMatriarchy--Art
dc.subject.lcshFamilies in art
dc.titleFish Dreams
dc.typeMaster's Thesis
dc.type.materialtext

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