African American Domestic Servants in Contemporary Cinema

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
African American Domestic Servants in Contemporary Cinema
Original language description
The overall goal of the presentation is to draw attention to the ways the film producers have presented the African American female characters in The Help, one of the most popular African American related films in the recent years. The first part of thepresentation will be about the African American stereotypes as presented in the Ethnic Notions documentary and in Donald Bogle's book Toms Coons, Mulattoes & Bucks. Particular attention will be given to the Mammy character which is vital for the subsequent analysis of the selected film, The Help. The second part will deal with the analysis of The Help. As mentioned, the analysis will concentrate on the way film producers decided to depiction the Mammy character in the film. To a certain extent the findings will be compared to the Mammy characters from other films?Gone with the Wind, Lee Daniels?s The Butler. The presentation will show that there are quite a few stereotyped depictions of African American servants.
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Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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