Undergraduate Honors Theses - American Studies: Recent submissions
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STUDENTS OR SOLDIERS?: THE QUESTION OF SCHOOL CHOICE AND EDUCATIONAL EQUITY THROUGH THE LENS OF THE OAKLAND MILITARY INSTITUTE
(Georgetown University, 2019-04-17)Public military charter schools have introduced a military-model of structure and discipline within the American public school system. Starting in 1980 and fully taking off at the turn of the 21st century, this alternative ... -
BUD/S TO BATTLEFIELD AND BACK AGAIN: EXPLORING THE ASCENT OF THE U.S. NAVY SEAL TO THE REALM OF AMERICAN SUPERHERO
(Georgetown University, 2019-04-17)U.S. Navy SEALs have become ubiquitous in the years since SEAL Team Six killed Osama Bin Laden during Operation Neptune Spear in 2011. SEAL narratives and stories can be found in bookstores, movie theaters, newspapers, ... -
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MEN AND GIRLS: GENDER REPRESENTATION IN WOODY ALLEN'S MANHATTAN, HUSBANDS AND WIVES, AND CAFÉ SOCIETY
(Georgetown University, 2019-04-17)Woody Allen established himself as a household name in the 1960s. His half-century long career is celebrated for its generation of numerous memorable female characters and sullied by back-to-back scandals in 1992. For 25 ... -
FIRE AND FEATHERS: THE APPROPRIATION OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE IN SUMMER CAMP TRADITIONS
(Georgetown University, 2019-04-17)In the remote woods of Maine, children gather around a fire wearing headbands and feathers in order to become members of their tribe as they partake in a decades-old tradition. To them, the wearing of a feather is just ... -
IN HER OWN WORDS: UNDERSTANDING ACADEMIC TRANSFORMATION THROUGH THE CREATION OF WOMEN'S STUDIES PROGRAMS AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
(Georgetown University, 2019-04-24)Fifty years ago, activists and academics created the first Women's Studies Program. This program, and the ones that quickly spread across the country in its wake, radically altered the course of higher education by changing ...
