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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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Covering Islam: National Trauma and The Politics of the Imagination

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Celia Garrity
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

My thesis scrutinizes the U.S. media construction of the events of September 11, 2001 as "national trauma," and the way in which this framing of the attacks has allowed '9/11' to invoke a visceral imagination of the deterministic relationship between...

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Miyazaki’s Moving Cities: Examining Place, Paradox, and Fantasy in the European Architecture of Kiki’s Delivery Service and Howl’s Moving Castle

Publication Date
2020-May-16
Authors
Jain, Cassie
Department or Program
Art Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

As evidenced by the opening sequences of both films, Kiki’s Delivery Service and Howl’s Moving Castle can be read both narratively and visually. Jonathan Ellis asserts that Miyazaki can be understood not only as a master storyteller, but also as...

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