Transitions 2012
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Understanding the Living Architecture of the Slum: Constructions of Community and Identity in the Margins of Northern Kolkata
April 5, 2012Northern Kolkata’s slum dwellers have created salient relationships of community and identity that seek to permeate the transient spaces of the ever-expanding urban edge. More » -
Covers of "Personal Jesus": Different Interpretations of a Faceless Being
April 5, 2012Jesus never had the opportunity to tell his own story from his own point of view, and nobody today has any idea what he was really like. Instead, we have accounts what others tell us about him. I explored this concept by taking one song about Jesus, and studied the genre, artists, and lyrics in order to extract each version's meaning. More » -
Transwomen in Transition
April 5, 2012Mary conducted qualitative interviews with 5 transwomen. Interviews revolved around reasons for transitioning, sexual orientation, gender dysphoria, autogynephilia and any history of cross-dressing. More » -
The Evolution of a Fairy Tale: "Beauty and the Beast" from the French Court to the American Screen
April 5, 2012This thesis studies ten literary and cinematic versions of the "Beauty and the Beast" fairy tale from the eighteenth to the twentieth century in order to expose the nature of the relationship between literature and culture. More » -
Rupture within the Wheaton College Community: Negotiating Student Culture and Institutional Expectations
April 5, 2012This research focused on the issue of how institutional expectations and objectives are experienced and mediated by student culture. The research ponders the effects on the relationships in a normally harmonious community when rupture occurs within a college community. More »
