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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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"Racism is Solved!" A Fake Conservative's Guide to Social Justice

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Villella, Victoria Dunne
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

Under the cloak of a character who is as ignorant as he is conservative, Stephen Colbert delivers snaps-worthy "truthiness"-insights that often shine a light to mainstream systemic forms of oppression by embodying their very nature. In my thesis, I acknowledge...

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Does Might Make Right? An Exploration of Policing in the Shanghai French Concession

Publication Date
2020-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Sun, Alex
Department or Program
Asian Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

This thesis examines the use of policing to quell social unrest as a form of state management in the Shanghai's French Concession during the early twentieth century.

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