How Our Family Stories Shape Us - Elizabeth Stone
Fordham University English Professor Elizabeth Stone teaches the literature of immigration and memoir, and shares her insights on family stories as well as lesser-known figures in American history. Among them are Georgina Schuyler, great-granddaughter of Alexander Hamilton, who transformed the Statue of Liberty from a rundown and failed lighthouse to a world famous symbol of welcome to immigrants, and Pierre Toussaint, a 19th century Haitian immigrant who became a wealthy and well-known hairdresser to rich and famous New Yorkers, and was set on the road to sainthood in 1997 by Pope John Paul II.
Elizabeth and Vance discuss the importance of telling one's story to reformulate the narrative of their life, particularly in the context of inherited farmland and the emotional weight of family legacy.
Elizabeth's website: https://www.elizabethstone.website/
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
2:33 - Why did Elizabeth write her book the way she did?
9:28 - When did Elizabeth learn the power of family stories?
12:04 - What is the value our family's are trying to get across when they tell a story
13:55 - Where did the title "Black Sheep and Kissing Cousins" come from?
14:56 - What is a "Black Sheep" within a family dynamic
19:34 - What surprised Elizabeth about her research around family stories?
32:51 - Women are usually the protectors of family stories
37:30 - How does someone learn how to write a memoir?
45:46 - How do people connect by telling their life stories?
55:57 - The law of mutual disclosure
58:38 - Students today are not the same as they used to be
1:11:13 - How did the Catholic Church "invent" sin?