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Ceramic Uncles & Celluloid Mammies
A study by an African-American studies scholar notes stereotyping objects in popular culture that depict blacks as servile, primitive, or simpleminded and explains how the subtle influences of such seemingly harmless images reinforce antiblack attitudes. Original. Tour.
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238 pages, Paperback
Published August 1, 1994
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March 3, 2025
Not a fun book but extremely well written. I appreciated most of her arguments and agreed with them. The tv chapter seemed to be a stretch. It could be because I grew up watching many of the shows, but her conclusions still seemed a bit much.
November 24, 2010
I was inclined to read this after a recent controversial moment in Champaign (http://www.news-gazette.com/news/arts...).
Very interesting.
Very interesting.
March 25, 2023
Dated and with a glaring error that should have been corrected in reprints. Still, the author's message gets across. Really needs updating and the correction.
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