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BEHIND THE BIG DESK: HOW NEWS PARODY STRUCTURED THE NETWORK LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW AND REINVENTED AN AMERICAN ART FORM
(Georgetown University, 2018-04-19)
On June 16, 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy bounded into Studio 6B in 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. Tonight Show host Jack Paar had invited Kennedy onto his program as the first presidential candidate to appear on ...
WE'VE BEEN IN FORMATION: BEYONCÉ'S POLITICAL VOICE THROUGH BLACK MUSICAL RESISTANCE
(Georgetown University, 2018-04-19)
You may have known her as a member of Destiny’s Child. You make have known her as the singer behind “Halo” and “Single Ladies.” You may know her as the wife of rapper Jay-Z. However, this senior thesis illuminates Beyoncé ...
SOCIALLY ACTIVE(IST) CAPITALISTS: CORPORATE IDEOLOGY, AMERICAN IDENTITY, AND CONTROVERSIAL COMMERCIALS IN SUPER BOWL LI
(Georgetown University, 2018-04-25)
On February, 5, 2017, several companies, including Airbnb, Anheuser-Busch, Coca-Cola, and 84 Lumber sparked controversy when they ran advertisements during the airing of Super Bowl LI that seemed to take aim at President ...
WE MADE LEMONADE: BLACK WOMEN, SYNCRETIC RELIGION, AND VOODOO AESTHETICS IN AMERICAN CULTURE
(Georgetown University, 2018-04-19)
Historically, syncretic religion has never been positively represented with such a broad platform as it has through Beyoncé’s Lemonade. Through the historical origins of the practice with its inception in the Americas and ...
SERIAL SENTENCING OF AMERICA'S MENTAL MONSTER: THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM'S CAPITAL PUNISHMENT OF THE 'FIRST' FEMALE SERIAL KILLER
(Georgetown University, 2018-04-25)
This senior thesis explores the issues underlying the relationship between mental health policy and the criminal justice system in a study of the capital case of America’s “first” female serial killer—Aileen Wuornos, who ...