Is this a good place to live? A queer narrative hermeneutics of geographies, homes, and bodies

Maine, Emilie Mariah

Is this a good place to live? A queer narrative hermeneutics of geographies, homes, and bodies

dc.contributor.advisor	Sumara, Dennis
dc.contributor.author	Maine, Emilie Mariah
dc.contributor.committeemember	Burwell, Catherine
dc.contributor.committeemember	Lowan-Trudeau, Gregory
dc.date	2023-11
dc.date.accessioned	2023-07-06T20:28:23Z
dc.date.available	2023-07-06T20:28:23Z
dc.date.issued	2023-07
dc.description.abstract	This dissertation asks a phenomenological question about the experiences of queer-identifying people, applying a narrative hermeneutic approach to interpret those experiences. This dissertation asks: How do queer people experience what it is like to live in Fort McMurray, Alberta in their homes and in their bodies? Through an embodied epistemology, narrative hermeneutic methodology, and queer theory, this dissertation queries into if Fort McMurray is a good place to live for queer people. Data collected from three collective interviews, and one final individual interview with three participants, provided new knowledge and understandings into how queer people in the northern Canadian urban service area of Fort McMurray learn to work and live in and across three nested systems – geography, home, and body.
dc.identifier.citation	Maine, E. M. (2023). Is this a good place to live? A queer narrative hermeneutics of geographies, homes, and bodies (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1880/116711
dc.identifier.uri	https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/41553
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher.faculty	Graduate Studies
dc.publisher.institution	University of Calgary
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dc.subject	queer
dc.subject	narrative hermeneutics
dc.subject	Alberta
dc.subject	Fort McMurray
dc.subject.classification	Education
dc.subject.classification	Gender Studies
dc.title	Is this a good place to live? A queer narrative hermeneutics of geographies, homes, and bodies
dc.type	doctoral thesis
thesis.degree.discipline	Education Graduate Program – Educational Research
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Calgary
thesis.degree.name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
ucalgary.thesis.accesssetbystudent	I do not require a thesis withhold – my thesis will have open access and can be viewed and downloaded publicly as soon as possible.