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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Tragic mulatto"”.
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The Impact of the Media on Biracial Identity Formation
… biracial individuals have been portrayed as the tragic "mulatto" because of their confused racial background. In addition, mulatto women have been stereotyped as exotic and sexual objects. A content analysis was used to investigate how the media presents biracial identity. Only movies with …
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A Bohemian comes to Harlem : the literary career and critical theories of Wallace Thurman.
… was among those authors who abandoned the "tragic mulatto," a near-white hero or heroine, as a major motif of literature by black writers, and he moved toward a more realistic depiction of black life. That is, Thurman made concerted efforts to break away from the themes of color and class …
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The Sociopolitical Construction Of Race And Literary Representations Of The Biracial Subject
Twentieth-century American literature incorporates interracial and biracial themes that bring to light the often unnamed and unrecognized biracial identities of many Americans. Unfortunately, despite the potential value for a deeper understanding of the construction of race, these themes have …