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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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Can You Hear Us? A Content Analysis of Queer Representation in Audio Dramas

Publication Date
2021-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Brown, Tatianna
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

In this thesis, I analyze queer representation in seven popular audio drama podcasts. By studying examples of implicit and explicit mentions of sexuality and gender identity, queerness as an integral plot point, and general discussions of sexuality, along with fan...

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Diversity and Inclusion in the Brazilian Corporate Sector: The Interplay of Public and Private Discourses in a National Struggle for Human Rights

Publication Date
2021-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Juliana Milani Viana da Silva
Department or Program
Latin American and Latino/a Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

This senior thesis in Latin American Studies discusses the recent rise in Diversity and Inclusion trends in the Brazilian private sector as of 2021. It considers these corporate trends as cooptation mechanisms encroaching larger social demands for rights, while also...

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Olympe de Gouges and Qiu Jin: The Revolutionary Women of France and China

Publication Date
2013-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Ruther, Jennifer
Department or Program
Independent Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

The extent to which the reform movements of revolutionary China and France "emancipated" women is difficult to assess. In many ways, French and Chinese women both benefited greatly from the sociopolitical changes wrought by the reformist ideologies of these periods...

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