During the main portion of this paper I will first list the stereotypes Stockett makes use of in her novel "The Help", explain their origin and give examples from the novel. Then I will examine the negative effects these stereotypes have on the African American community and analyze the novel's content with regard to hidden racism. Finally, I will conclude by arguing whether these factors lead to the impression that the author transferred her own prejudices into the novel and can in fact be called racist.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Situating The Help in the historical context
3. Defining terminology: ʻracism’, ʻprejudice’ and ʻstereotype’
4. An Analysis of the stereotypes used in the novel
4.1. The illiterate, uneducated African American
4.2 The Mammy figure
4.3 The angry black woman
4.4 The villainous African American male
5. Indicators for hidden racism in the novel The Help
5.1 Hidden racism in the representation of the African American characters
5.2 Hidden racism in the plot of the novel
6. Conclusion
7. Bibliography
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- Anónimo,, 2016, Stereotypes and Hidden Racism in the Novel "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett, Múnich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/1307342
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