Date of Award:
5-2013
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Arts (MA)
Department:
English
Committee Chair(s)
Jennifer Sinor
Committee
Jennifer Sinor
Abstract
This collection of essays intends to draw out the complex relationship between structure and identity in the American West. Specifically, this collection considers the inherent connection between Mormon meetinghouses and the Salt Lake City Downtown Rising project completed in 2012, and both Mormons and non-Mormons who choose to establish a home and an identity in the West. Although the obvious addressees are Mormon and non-Mormon, the applicable audience is far-reaching in that the identity of a specific region established primarily by one faction of people is, much like all things, subject to change. This change and this identity crisis resemble the worn façade of an aged structure. With time, a new identity emerges and from it a new understanding of time and place is engendered.
This project was funded by curiosity and a restless mind. The societal benefits, like any piece of literature, are incalculable.
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Recommended Citation
Bradbury, Joseph D., "On Edifice" (2013). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 2013.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2013
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