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Me and Lynda Barry: An Autoethnographic and Artistic Response

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This chapter covers the influence of Lynda Barry on Elaine Claire Villacorta and her works. It notes the experience of Villacorta attending the Writing the Unthinkable workshop and reading What It Is. Villacorta acknowledges the flamboyant and accessible nature of Barry's paneling and art style. The chapter also looks into Barry's retelling of childhood stories featuring self-discovery, reacquaintance with history, and Filipina identification with Western upbringing. The chapter features a series of Barry's works, such as Bark and The Good Times Are Killing Me, which inspired Villacorta. Villacorta insists Barry is more than her Filipina heritage.
University Press of Mississippi
Title: Me and Lynda Barry: An Autoethnographic and Artistic Response
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This chapter covers the influence of Lynda Barry on Elaine Claire Villacorta and her works.
It notes the experience of Villacorta attending the Writing the Unthinkable workshop and reading What It Is.
Villacorta acknowledges the flamboyant and accessible nature of Barry's paneling and art style.
The chapter also looks into Barry's retelling of childhood stories featuring self-discovery, reacquaintance with history, and Filipina identification with Western upbringing.
The chapter features a series of Barry's works, such as Bark and The Good Times Are Killing Me, which inspired Villacorta.
Villacorta insists Barry is more than her Filipina heritage.

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