Resources

Here is a short list of resources that I found helpful when doing my own personal reasearch. These sources are a great start to understanding the history of minstrelsy and further explaining the emergence of black caricatures in American media. Share these sources with your ensemble, and encourage them to do their own research. Enjoy!

Bamboozled. By Spike Lee. Dir. Spike Lee. Perf. Damon Wayans, Savion Glover and Jada Pinkett Smith. New Line Cinema, 2000.

Collins, Patricia Hill. "Prisons for Our Bodies, Closets for Our Minds: Racism, Heterosexism, and Black Sexuality." Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism. New York [u.a.: Routledge, 2006. Print.

Hooks, Bell. "Eating the Other: Desire or Resistance." Black Looks: Race and Representation. Boston, MA: South End, 1992. Print.

"Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Ferris State University." Ferris State University: Michigan College Campuses in Big Rapids MI, Grand Rapids MI, Off Campus Locations Across Michigan. Web. 29 Apr. 2011. .

Wallace-Sanders, Kimberly. Mammy: a Century of Race, Gender, and Southern Memory. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 2008. Print.

The Watermelon Woman. Dir. Cheryl Dunye. Perf. Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner. Dancing Girl, 1997. DVD.