Sara Lee
The Rise and Fall of the Ultimate Negro Doll
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3028355 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sabrina Lynette Thomas (0000-0003-1427-7775, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 38-49 |
| Publication date | 2007-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transforming Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1051-0559 • E-ISSN: 1548-7466 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/tran.2007.15.1.38 |
| OpenAlex | W1965567320 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Much ado has been made about the importance of black dolls as messengers of racial self‐esteem for Black children. This article documents the relationship between and contributions of Eleanor Roosevelt, Sara Lee Creech, and race leaders such as Zora Neale Hurston, Mordecai Johnson, Benjamin Mays, and Ralph Bunche in the development of the first "anthropologically correct" Negro doll—the Sara Lee Doll—during the early 1950s
Art · Art history · Psychoanalysis · Race (biology · Racism · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · History · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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