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Vassar Scholarship

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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Finding Feminism: The Ideologies of Hip-Hop from Black Women in Spaces of Higher Education

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Dickens, Tiarra
Department or Program
Sociology Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

Hip-hop is the most affluent subset of Black Culture today. The globalization and mass appeal of hip-hop has made this genre bigger than music; it's style, it's dance, it's art, and even literature. Hip-Hop music is a genre that is...

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Liberty and Justice for Whom? Educational Reforms and Capital, Labor and Social (Im)Mobility in the Age of Neoliberalism

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Henry Tran
Department or Program
Sociology Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

In this thesis, I wanted to examine the influence of neoliberal theory in the realms of public education and immigration within the US, and to tease out the implications that have resulted within each. From there, I attempted to understand...

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