Evaluating the Borderline Personality: A Study of Identity and Narrative Voice
Hyun, Aerin Myung Hae
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Description
Title
Evaluating the Borderline Personality: A Study of Identity and Narrative Voice
Author(s)
Hyun, Aerin Myung Hae
Issue Date
2007
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Micale, Mark S.
Department of Study
English
Discipline
English
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Psychology, General
Language
eng
Abstract
Analyzing the relationship between reality and narrative descriptions of it reveals the premium placed on individuals' ability to produce coherent autobiographical narratives. Those lacking this ability, or those producing narratives that defy cultural norms often become labeled as pathological. Re-examining the relationship between narratives and reality challenges existing foundations upon which standards of normalcy become determined. Examining the film Thirteen from the perspectives of the visual and the plot narratives demonstrates ways in which the film challenges prevailing cultural definitions of normalcy. Doing so also provides insight into the ways in which the concept of reality itself has been used as a normalizing device to perpetuate the exclusion of individuals marked as pathological. The very concept of reality therefore becomes exposed as a normalizing device. Acknowledging it as such provides a way to challenge existing definitions of normalcy and its exclusionary effects on individuals who have been marked as pathological within our culture.
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