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Les Musées Coloniaux dans l’Imagination Française : Un Examen Critique de la Représentation des Africains sub-sahariens à l’Exposition Internationale Coloniale de 1931
(2020)French colonialism during the interwar period is easily an under-studied terrain both with respect to studied colonial images and the historical underpinnings of the period. Scholars of this period consider French colonial ... -
going into battle wearing sari : defining nepali womanhood one poem at a time
(2020)The author describes the inspiration for her collection of poem:, “for my Senior Individualized Project (SIP), I reached out to five Nepali women writers, Bartika Eam Rai, Bhrikuti Rai, Shradha Ghale, Ujjwala Maharjan and ... -
“she answers, because going is where I was”
(2020)Introducing her original prose/poetry creation, the author writes “ I titled this project she answers, because going is where I was based on two recurring themes in it. Firstly, it is the relations among the past, future ... -
A Clown, A Cannibal, and A Scholar do a Deep Study : A mastication of an alternative learning method in the Kalamazoo circus community
(2020)This project will produce knowledge to be passed on/generated within/for the Cirque du K community (in the form of journals and videos and embodied knowledge), knowledge to share with CES and other scholars about the ... -
“Lemonade Stand” : A Critical Analysis on Loving the Black Body in Beyonce’s Lemonade
(2020)Just two year after the release of Lemonade Beyoncé became the first Black woman to headline Coachella. Not only did she make history, but she was able to define who she was an artist. Lemonade allowed Beyoncé to define ... -
Another River to Drown in
(2020)The author presents an original collection of poems cultivated from experiences in Chicago working for the Newberry Library, working with the idea of deconstruction, and the belief in reincarnation. -
“Her Face Was an Open Wound” : Female Bodies as Sites of Pleasure and Destruction in Postmodern Horror Cinema
(2020)The author writes, “Being attracted to the stark intensity of its themes, I decided to explore horror. This genre is one of rampant polarization: the male and the female, the innocent and the evil, the violent and the ... -
"Stuck In-Between" : The Construction of the Tragic Mulatta in Classical Hollywood Cinema
(2019)Rather than creating a thesis that provides insight on the construction of blackness as a whole, the author ties an interest in the female experience and intersectionality to produce a piece that solely focuses on the image ... -
"Pieces of Home" : A Small Town Girl in Strange and Familiar Lands
(2018)The author explains the process of turning blog posts from her college years into an original work of creative nonfiction. -
"Fear and Breakdown" Two Stories Regarding the Breakdown of Identity as Social Role
(2019)The author explains the inspiration and influence for his two original short stories. -
A Spinach Tragedy : a Novel
(2019)The author discusses the development of her novel by explaining some personal history: “My novel does start off with two girls going on a road trip to Yosemite, which is based on a true experience of mine and what helped ... -
The Lindaln
(2019)The author describes how her love of biology and science fiction like Avatar combine in her original science fiction story that tells of the discovery of a humanoid species on a distant planet told in the logs of a science ... -
No Cure
(2017)The author combines her experiences volunteering in a hospital, interning in a cancer research center with her own grandfather's cancer diagnosis to create a collection of original poems. -
Been This Way Awhile
(2018)The author introduces a collection of original poetry using the couplet to explore the author's experience. -
Trinkets and Treasures : a Short Story Collection
(2018)Introducing her collection of short stories, the author writes “possessions come to have particular significance in the lives of human beings. Memories are attributed to these tangible objects and so, like pictures, people ... -
All-American : A Historical Fiction Novel Depicting the Tragedies of the Second World War
(2018)The author discusses the film influences on his original novella set in the skies over World War II battlefields. -
Catching Rabbits and Breaking Mirrors : a Poetic Exploration of Superstition and Half-Belief
(2018)The author presents a collection of original poems inspired by superstitions and the contradictory belief and disbelief that they inspire. -
(De)constructing the Tangibility of Borders : a Collection Exploring Spatiality, Fluidity, and, Self (Be)coming within the Process of Navigating through Transformations in Ambiguity
(2018)About her original poems, the author writes “This collection reflects the homesickness and uncertainty felt towards the beginning of my time at Kalamazoo, with pieces such as "My Father, El Tlaxcaltec", "My Mother, La ... -
The Greatest Promise
(2012)In introducing his original series of memoirs, the author writes that “while college has given me an important academic understanding of the world, more importantly, it has helped me to understand myself in relation to the ... -
Sexism in Video Games : An Analysis of the Medium, Culture and Industry
(2013)The unfortunate truth behind the medium of video games is the fact that many games are sexist, the culture surrounding them is sexist, and the trend is part of the industry itself. Unrealistic representations of women are ...
