“…In examining both old and new family/Settlement narratives to better understand the lived experience of being a Black woman in Indiana, this research is able to identify the way the dominant male narratives often marginalize the stories of Black women. Wagner's (2017) readers are offered a perspective on the impact of genealogical data on identity. Grounded in research on intertextual memory and family matrilineal health narratives, Wagner "challenges humanistic conception of identity as inherent, atomistic, and highly dependent on successful memory performance".…”