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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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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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Message from the Black Woman: Gendered Roles of Women in the Nation of Islam from 1995 to 2005

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Needham-Giles, Angel
Department or Program
Sociology Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

In this thesis I argue that despite the traditional gender roles assigned to women members of the Nation of Islam, these women are able to assert and employ their power both within and outside of the domestic sphere. Essential to...

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The Objects of Our Affection: Objectification, Sexualization and Commodification of the Korean Pop Culture Industry and Fandom

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Karolyn Park
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

K-Pop with its flashy 'bubble gum pop' aesthetic has developed into a major cultural product and dominating industry in the past decade. In the growing market, idol celebrities have started to emerge as manufactured products that market the fantasy of...

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