Chronicles of Resistance: a Borderlands Testimonio
CORE Metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk Provided by D-Scholarship@Pitt CHRONICLES OF RESISTANCE: A BORDERLANDS TESTIMONIO by Jeanne Pearlman MA, History of Art and Architecture, University of Pittsburgh, 1997 MEd, University of Pittsburgh, 1976 BS, University of Pittsburgh, 1972 Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of School of Education in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy University of Pittsburgh 2010 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF EDUCATION This dissertation was presented by Jeanne Pearlman It was defended on March 17, 2010 and approved by Michael G. Gunzenhauser, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Administrative and Policy Studies Patricia McMahon, PhD, Associate Professor, Carlow University, Secondary Education Maria Piantanida, PhD, Adjunct Faculty, Carlow University, Secondary Education David Trend, PhD, Professor, University of California, Irvine, Studio Art Department Advisor: Noreen Garman, PhD, Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Administrative and Policy Studies ii Copyright © by Jeanne Pearlman 2010 iii CHRONICLES OF RESISTANCE: A BORDERLANDS TESTIMONIO Jeanne Pearlman, PhD University of Pittsburgh, 2010 This inquiry is an arts-based, narrative study that examines multiple manifestations of resistance as expressed by ordinary individuals who find themselves in extraordinary circumstances. These expressions of resistance are offered as testimonios, defined as first-person narratives that bear witness to individual responses to systems of oppression. The testimonios are created within the context of the relationship between resistance and freedom, which can be seen as a mutual dependency, grounded in the reality that if some small amount of freedom did not exist, resistance could not manifest within the structures of domination.
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