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Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

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Reality of Love: The Heteronormative Agenda of ABC's the Bachelor

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Croner, Timothy J.
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

This project provides an oppositional reading of ABC's popular <em>Bachelor </em>franchise, arguing that these reality dating programs present viewers with specific narratives of gender, sexuality, class, and race that contribute to greater hegemonic discourse that reifies heterosexual marriage. Through a...

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Shakes, Quakes and Kokoro no care

Publication Date
2013-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Jessica L. Lum
Department or Program
Asian Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

The 3.11 events in 2011 are historically the most destructive series of natural disasters to have ever hit the island nation of Japan. But while the international media has commended the bravery of survivors and applauded Japanese efforts to provide...

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The income redistribution impact of financing higher education in Pakistan

Publication Date
1989-November-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Khan, Shahrukh R.
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

This study examines the income redistributional consequences of the public financing of higher education in Pakistan. The results show that the tax incidence and the subsidy to higher education entail a redistribution from the middle and upper to the lower...

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