Western Interpretation of the Other: How Negative Stereotypes Perpetuated Against Blacks Have Shaped Our Culture

This thesis examines the history and nature of stereotypes propagated against blacks from the African Exploration to present day. Therefore by understanding the nature of these stereotypes one can better understand the consequences theyve had on the black community and theyve helped to maintain raci...

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Main Author:	Andry, Katrina M
Other Authors:	Celentano, Denyce
Format:	Others
Language:	en
Published:	LSU 2010
Subjects:	Art
Online Access:	http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-08122010-132114/

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spelling	ndltd-LSU-oai-etd.lsu.edu-etd-08122010-1321142013-01-07T22:52:57Z Western Interpretation of the Other: How Negative Stereotypes Perpetuated Against Blacks Have Shaped Our Culture Andry, Katrina M Art This thesis examines the history and nature of stereotypes propagated against blacks from the African Exploration to present day. Therefore by understanding the nature of these stereotypes one can better understand the consequences theyve had on the black community and theyve helped to maintain racism in America. This thesis further investigates the medias role in maintaining racist attitudes towards blacks and how separating people in categories ranking from superior which consequentially breeds inferiority is advantageous to the majority rule in America. In conclusion the problem presented in this thesis has no concrete solution other than the viewers perspective after engaging the artwork that this thesis supports. Celentano, Denyce Kelly, Kellie Koptcho, Leslie Ariaz, Jeremiah Arp, Kimberly LSU 2010-08-31 text application/pdf http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-08122010-132114/ http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-08122010-132114/ en unrestricted I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached herein a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to LSU or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below and in appropriate University policies, my thesis, dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, dissertation, or project report.
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Western Interpretation of the Other: How Negative Stereotypes Perpetuated Against Blacks Have Shaped Our Culture

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