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- Title
The Divided Reception of The Help.
- Authors
Jones, Suzanne W.
- Abstract
The article looks at the novel "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett as well as the film of the same name directed by Tate Taylor, focusing on the reception of these two works by critics and the general population. Other topics of the article include the division between black and white critics, cultural appropriation by Stockett, and the use of historical fiction to understand history.
- Subjects
HELP, The (Book); HELP, The (Film : 2011); STOCKETT, Kathryn; TAYLOR, Tate, 1969-; HISTORICAL fiction -- History &; criticism; 20TH century history of race relations in the United States; CULTURAL appropriation; 21ST century (Literary period)
- Publication
Southern Cultures, 2014, Vol 20, Issue 1, p7
- ISSN
1068-8218
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.1353/scu.2014.0008