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Self-Fashioning, Double Consciousness, And A History Of Representation: The Narratives Of Frederick Douglass And Solomon Northup As Compared To Runaway Slave Advertisements, Samira Leila Omarshah Jan 2016

Self-Fashioning, Double Consciousness, And A History Of Representation: The Narratives Of Frederick Douglass And Solomon Northup As Compared To Runaway Slave Advertisements, Samira Leila Omarshah

Senior Projects Spring 2016

In many ways, slave narratives represent written archives of the the authors’ identities, and testaments to those identities. Through the consideration of what constitutes self-making and representing a struggle unknown to the intended reader (white Americans), the parts of an identity that are left out of the narratives become apparent. This project aims to consider “The Narrative of Frederick Douglass” and Solomon Northup’s “Twelve Years A Slave” as advertisements for abolition as well as mediums for self-making for their authors. By then comparing the two narratives to Runaway Slave Advertisements written by slave owners, deeper issues concerning relationships between slave …


The Government Facilitation Of North Korea's Human Rights Abuses Eclipsed By The Threat Of Nuclear War, Kim Kathryn Angstro Doom Jan 2015

The Government Facilitation Of North Korea's Human Rights Abuses Eclipsed By The Threat Of Nuclear War, Kim Kathryn Angstro Doom

Senior Projects Fall 2015

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


Express Yourself: Investigating Wartime Deportations In The Context Of Changing Soviet National Policy, Beryl Emily Taylor Jan 2015

Express Yourself: Investigating Wartime Deportations In The Context Of Changing Soviet National Policy, Beryl Emily Taylor

Senior Projects Spring 2015

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


Iranian Islands?: Bahrain, Abu Masa, And The Tunbs In The Persian Gulf, Lucy Flamm Jan 2015

Iranian Islands?: Bahrain, Abu Masa, And The Tunbs In The Persian Gulf, Lucy Flamm

Senior Projects Spring 2015

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