This thesis traces histories of caste, brahmanical patriarchy, and South Asian migration to the United States to tell a story about South Asian diasporic identity …
This thesis traces the development of carceral feminist logics in the Rhode Island mainstream feminist movement, beginning in the 1970s with feminism’s second wave and …
The argument “it’s just a preference” has commonly been used to justify people’s sexual and romantic desires for particular bodies over others. However, the underlying …
This thesis attempts to bridge together seemingly disparate scholarly thoughts—the legacies of U.S. interventions into Asia, past and present American immigration policy, the American family, …