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Caroline Chavatel Dr. Joyce Garay ENGL559 11 May 2017 Knowing The Plurality of Black Female Consciousness: An Epistemological Investigation in 21st Century Black Literature Epistemology, specifically knowledge construction, is fundamental to the function of a population and their experiences. How, though, is the line between knowledge and story demarcated in regards to power? Accordingly, how does power/do power relations regulate whose experiences are knowledge and whose are simply story? Which

In the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United states of America it reads " Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." To put this statement in more basic words, the first amendment means that you have the right to practice whichever religion you follow, you have

In a modern society, race is no longer the determining factor of one’s place in the social hierarchy. Instead, the wealth and fame a person possesses captivates the world’s attention. However, race is still a controversial topic in the United States. Thus racial tensions continue to exist in certain sections of the country. The literal and metaphoric foundation of this currently powerhouse of a nation is built on slavery, the backs of immigrants and people of color who received little to no recognition

To what extent is the success of the Haitian revolution due to military strategy? This investigation will explore the question: To what extent is the success of the Haitian Revolution due to military strategy? My research will determine if the military organization which rivaled many other slave revolts was the key driving factor to the success of the revolution, or whether or not it was due to political and economic distractions in France due to the French Revolution. The majority of my research

Memories can in a way define who we are and how we progress through life. Memories can be a pathway to either follow the straight and narrow or to have us decide which fork of the road to take. Past memories can help to identify a person and can effect the future that follows. Through the journy of self discovery, Marshall’s Praisesong for the Widow and Danticat’s Breath, Eyes, Memory suggest one must relive past and present memories to find their true identity in the future. Avey Johnson

In The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz tells the story of a family of Dominican immigrants, focusing primarily on the life of Oscar de León, a descendant of the diaspora that directly experienced the horrors of the Trujillo regime of the mid 20th century. The de Leon family can’t seem to escape the fukú, the seemingly eternal curse that has afflicted the new world for centuries. In order to tell Oscar’s story, Diaz uses the postmodern narrative to weave a story that is not only emotionally

sought to rule for one 's own gain. Even when you are not in Haiti, and may be in another country such as the Dominican Republic, Haitians still face oppression in the story “Nineteen-Thirty-Seven” at the site of a massacre. It forces people like Danticat