The representation of African-Americans and the nanny figure in The Help

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dc.contributor.advisorMathey, Éva
dc.contributor.authorSzilágyi, Katalin
dc.contributor.departmentDE--Bölcsészettudományi Karhu_HU
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-18T05:30:52Z
dc.date.available2021-05-18T05:30:52Z
dc.date.created2021-04-23
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of my thesis was to analyze the historical background, the representation of African-Americans and the nanny figure in Kathryn Stockett's popular novel The Help and its film adaptation directed by Tate Taylor. Segregation and Jim Crow laws remained part of everyday life in the 1960s, and the Civil Rights movement was still in full swing in these years. I examined the struggles of Black Domestic workers and also the portrayal of these characters because these nannies played a key role in The Help. Furthermore,I studied the reality behind the numerous criticisms of The Help: the inadequate depictions of black people and culture, stereotypes that can be discovered in the story, and whether a white writer has the right to write a ‘black story’. Finally, I covered the way Stockett represents her black and white characters and the Mammy Figure. My analysis mainly draws on the film adaptation of The Help, but certain parts of the novel are also taken into consideration.hu_HU
dc.description.courseAnglisztikahu_HU
dc.description.degreeBSc/BAhu_HU
dc.format.extent24hu_HU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2437/309814
dc.language.isoenhu_HU
dc.subjectThe Helphu_HU
dc.subjectsegregationhu_HU
dc.subjectJim Crowhu_HU
dc.subjectnannyhu_HU
dc.subjectmammyhu_HU
dc.subjectAfrican-Americanhu_HU
dc.subject.dspaceDEENK Témalista::Irodalomtudományhu_HU
dc.titleThe representation of African-Americans and the nanny figure in The Helphu_HU
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Theses (Institute of English and American Studies)