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Not Or But And: Tusán Identity In 1920s Chinese-Peruvian Poetry, Zachary Young Jan 2022

Not Or But And: Tusán Identity In 1920s Chinese-Peruvian Poetry, Zachary Young

Senior Projects Spring 2022

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.


Land, Language, And Liberation: The Politics Of Ainu Self-Representations, Kevin James Cohen Jan 2022

Land, Language, And Liberation: The Politics Of Ainu Self-Representations, Kevin James Cohen

Senior Projects Spring 2022

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.


The Artist's Diary, Anamae Gilroy Jan 2022

The Artist's Diary, Anamae Gilroy

Senior Projects Spring 2022

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.


Kanshi: The Vehicle Of Cultural Exchange And Feminism, Xin Guan Jan 2022

Kanshi: The Vehicle Of Cultural Exchange And Feminism, Xin Guan

Senior Projects Spring 2022

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.


History, Ritualization, And The Rhetoric Of Legitimacy In Decem Libri Historiarum And Wei Shu, Bo Wen (Kent) Zheng Jan 2022

History, Ritualization, And The Rhetoric Of Legitimacy In Decem Libri Historiarum And Wei Shu, Bo Wen (Kent) Zheng

Senior Projects Spring 2022

Historical scholarship since the Second World War has, in general, successfully challenged the nationalist notion that ethnic identities are essential and stable markers of self-hood. One of the most influential entries from this bibliography is Benedict Anderson’s seminal study on the “horizontal” affect of the nation-state, Imagined Communities(1983), wherein the author identifies print capitalism and mass literacy as key contributors to the birth of “national communities” in the modern parlance. Less well defined in Anderson’s story of the nation, however, is the potential effect of pre-modern historical experiences on trajectories of modern state-formation. In response, this thesis explores the …


Nintendo Is Coming To China: The Struggles And Hopes Of Chinese Popular Culture, Qiaohui Amy Wang Jan 2022

Nintendo Is Coming To China: The Struggles And Hopes Of Chinese Popular Culture, Qiaohui Amy Wang

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Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College. Games are an important component in modern popular culture. Games are a form of entertainment that people all around the world enjoy. They allow people to overcome the limitations created by physical society. Before the Reform era in 1980s, China was a society that lived only under collective interests. When Deng Xiaoping ended the Cultural Revolution and brought China to the world, global giants are coming to China and introduce entertainments to this society. This study takes Nintendo as an example to analyze how oversea entertainments would …


Imagined Realities: The Rise Of New Wave Cinema In Post-War Japan, Asia Miro Smudde Tom Jan 2022

Imagined Realities: The Rise Of New Wave Cinema In Post-War Japan, Asia Miro Smudde Tom

Senior Projects Spring 2022

Project Submitted to the Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

My thesis explores cinematic representation in post-war Japan leading up the the New Wave movement. I examine the work of Yasujiro Ozu and Sun Tribe youth films and their relationship with conventions of cinema to bring awareness to narrative constructions of historical periods.


The Cultural Blueprint Of Laotian Society From The Contexts Of Traditional And Modern Music, Nandi Ampone Woodfork-Bey Jan 2022

The Cultural Blueprint Of Laotian Society From The Contexts Of Traditional And Modern Music, Nandi Ampone Woodfork-Bey

Senior Projects Fall 2022

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies and The Arts of Bard College


Navigating The Tide: Localism, Transnationalism, And Historiography In Zhejiang Chao, Sijin Gao Jan 2022

Navigating The Tide: Localism, Transnationalism, And Historiography In Zhejiang Chao, Sijin Gao

Senior Projects Fall 2022

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.