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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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Labor market informalization and social policy: distributional links and the case of homebased workers

Publication Date
2004-August-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Lourdes Beneria
Maria S. Floro
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

This paper is based on the notion that the nature of current labor market informalization requires rethinking in order to guide action and formulate social policies for eliminating poverty and reducing economic inequality and job insecurity. It explores conceptually and...

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The relationship of preschool children and the media: a thorough investigation into the televised culture

Publication Date
2016-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Bachurska, Victoria M.
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

The understanding of television and book media is necessary during the years of early childhood development especially as the presence of these particular media continue to advance. Children are growing up in-almost thrown into- a world that is global, competitive...

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