Ceramic Uncles & Celluloid Mammies: Black Images and Their Influence on Culture
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Book Overview
Exploring white American popular culture of the past century and a half, Turner details subtle and not-so-subtle negative tropes and images of black people, from Uncle Tom and Aunt Jemima to jokes about Michael Jackson and Jesse Jackson. She feels that far too little has changed in terms of white stereotyping and its negative effects.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813921554
ISBN13:9780813921556
Release Date:November 2002
Publisher:University of Virginia Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.4"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Customer Reviews
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I Loved It, is an understatement.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
Dr. Patricia A. Turners book "Ceramic Uncles & Celluloid Mammies....", was the first book of race theory I read after a 3 year post grad school hiatus (I was race theory exhausted to say the least). I have studied race theory for years, but Dr. Turner's voice was so refreshingly feminine, strong, and accessible. I didn't want to put it down, because of how much my work as an artist was in sync with the words in her book. The very reason the above reviewer was repelled by the book is the same reason I loved it. Removing the black figure and placing it an alien being (no pun intended) such as a Gremlin or Audrey II (Little Shop of Horrors) to take racism and stereotypes to whole other unapologetic level was brilliant...and I couldn't agree more. Listen to the voice, hello! I have recommended this book to students on countless occasions or artists' working in themes that Dr. Turner employs in her well thought out book. If you are interested in race and it's influence on popular culture, get on it!
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