Vassar College Digital Library

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.

Advanced search

Vassar Scholarship

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...

View
Vassar Scholarship

The Latina Body in Visual Culture: A Motion for Dance as a Medium

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Paccione, Anaïs Valentina
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

This project calls for a re-thinking of how we consume the performance of choreographed dance in music videos in regards to the Latina body. By taking a look at the underlying mechanisms at work in the entertainment industry, this project...

View