Date of Award
Spring 5-5-2017
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Janet Neary
Second Advisor
Kelly M. Nims
Academic Program Adviser
Amy M. Robbins
Abstract
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom unapologetically challenges traditional nineteenth-century notions of race and gender by way of its treatment of spectacle, anecdotal use, and assertion of authorial choices that contradict the expectations of a white abolitionist audience. Its most challenging feature is what I will call Ellen’s “curated identity.”
Recommended Citation
La Furno, Anjelica, "“Without Stopping to Write a Long Apology”: Spectacle, Anecdote, and Curated Identity in Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom" (2017). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/173
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