Date of Award

2014

Document Type

Research Paper

First Advisor

Michelle Chihara

Abstract

This project details the categorization of writers and how racial authenticity has become a guiding force in publishers’ marketing decisions. This research paper examines how racial authenticity is problematic as it oversimplifies and perpetuates stereotypes while reducing the number of writers to a few Representative” voices.

Comments

WSP Major: Latin American Culture and Language/English Language and Literature

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