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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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Formations of Queer Diaspora: Trauma and Empire

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
St.Vil, Akeel
Department or Program
Sociology Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

This thesis project is explores the contours of nation-state violence and the trauma-inflicted upon deviant populations transnationally. I will explore how fluid, relational experiences with violence evoke transnational diasporic formations which can begin to be actualized when we consider their...

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Reality of Love: The Heteronormative Agenda of ABC's the Bachelor

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Croner, Timothy J.
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

This project provides an oppositional reading of ABC's popular <em>Bachelor </em>franchise, arguing that these reality dating programs present viewers with specific narratives of gender, sexuality, class, and race that contribute to greater hegemonic discourse that reifies heterosexual marriage. Through a...

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The Politics of Mobility: Study Abroad in an Era of Climate Change

Publication Date
2020-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Gibson, Anna
Department or Program
Science, Technology, and Society Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

This paper explores the fundamental tension between mobility and the environmental consequences of the transportation that allows for that movement, zeroing in on the paradox of studying abroad in order to learn about climate or environmental sciences. With this, I...

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White Food, Black Spaces: Food, Privilege, And Gentrification In Crown Heights, Brooklyn

Publication Date
2013-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Loewen, Samantha C.
Department or Program
Earth Science and Geography Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

This project seeks to investigate the intersections of race, class, and food: examining how access and acceptance to good quality food is shaped and changed through the process of gentrification. I ask why it is predominately upper-middle class whites that...

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