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Ceramic Uncles and Celluloid Mammies: Black Images and Their Influence on Culture
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Book cover for 9780385467841 Book cover for 9780813921556
 
from Univ of Virginia Pr (November 1, 2002)
9780813921556 | details & prices | 272 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $21.50
About: 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.
from Anchor Books (September 1, 1994); titled "Ceramic Uncles & Celluloid Mammies: Black Images and Their Influence on Culture"
9780385467841 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $12.95
About: 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.