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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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Jake Silva - Media Studies Senior Project- Podcast Script

Publication Date
2024-April-19
Authors
Silva, Jake
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

This podcast explores the history and scholarship of The Daily Show and Last Week Tonight by investigating contradictory research and writing in academia, as well as how the commercial, production practices of both programs shape their content. Political parody TV...

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Legacies of Haunting: Confronting my Grandfather, his Films, and my Ghosts

Publication Date
2023-April-21
Authors
Azcona-Miller, Sara
Department or Program
American Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

This thesis explores the paradoxical nature of Rafael Azcona’s legacy; Azcona is deeply ingrained in Spanish collective memory through his culturally significant films yet, contradictorily, my memories of him as my grandfather are very limited. Guided by an understanding of...

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The High Price of High Heels: How Women's Fashion is an Agent of Patriarchal Control

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Chloe Williams
Department or Program
Sociology Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

Women have made great strides over the past century gaining rights and achieving inclusion throughout much of American society but it is widely accepted that women still experience marginalization in what remains a patriarchal society. Some women feel that high...

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