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

Miss Samoa: Navigating Gender, Politics, and Culture in the National Pageant

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

As a national pageant, Miss Samoa operates as a performative space where notions of gender, politics, and culture are negotiated and transformed. In this thesis, I examine how these concepts operate on an individual, local, and transnational level. Plus, the...

View
Vassar Scholarship

Whose Destiny? The Rise and Development of Place Branding in Syracuse, New York.

Publication Date
2013-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Kara Conley
Department or Program
Earth Science and Geography Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

This thesis explores the structural and material dominance of the Destiny USA
regional mega-mall located in the city of Syracuse, New York. It explores the development of the 6th largest mall in the 167th largest city in the nation through...

View