Ethnic notions
- Type of resource
- moving image
- Imprint
- 1987
- Language
- English
- Digital origin
- born digital
- Extent
- 1 video file
Digital content
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Description
Creators/Contributors
- Distributor
- California Newsreel (Firm)
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Ethnic Notions is Marlon Riggs' Emmy-winning documentary that takes viewers on a disturbing voyage through American history, tracing for the first time the deep-rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-black prejudice. Through these images we can begin to understand the evolution of racial consciousness in America.Loyal Toms, carefree Sambos, faithful Mammies, grinning Coons, savage Brutes, and wide-eyed Pickaninnies roll across the screen in cartoons, feature films, popular songs, minstrel shows, advertisements, folklore, household artifacts, even children's rhymes. These dehumanizing caricatures permeated popular culture from the 1820s to the Civil Rights period and implanted themselves deep in the American psyche.
Bibliographic information
- Location
- https://purl.stanford.edu/yd250gx7785
- M2592
- Repository
- Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, their heir(s) or assigns. When required, it is the researcher's responsibility to obtain such permissions.
- Copyright
- Materials may be subject to copyright.
