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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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Feminized Automobility: Racing the Car as a Cultural and Technological Artifact

Publication Date
2020-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Eva G. Gray
Department or Program
Science, Technology, and Society Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

There are very few technologies that have so profoundly shaped society as the automobile has. However, what has been a liberating force for some has been an obstacle for others. Since its inception, the automobile has been imbued with masculine...

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Transgression and containment: transhistorical themes and tropes within televised American women's stand-up comedy

Publication Date
2017-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Nicole Howell
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

Joan Rivers. Elayne Boosler. Roseanne Barr. Janeane Garofalo. Amy Schumer. What do these commedians–whose careers span seven decades–have in common? Starting in the 1950s and ending in contemporary times, we see that there are transhistorical trends–including self-deprecation, navigating one's anger...

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