Dr. Ann duCille who spent four decades as a college professor, has written a book examining the connections between race and television. Published in September by Duke University Press, , finds the feminist critic and scholar 鈥 as well as one-time 猎奇重口视频 State English professor 鈥 looking at the ways race has been depicted on the small screen over the past 60 years.
In her new book, duCille contends that television influences how people view the world, and suggests that producers too often portray blacks as villains, victims, and other unflattering stereotypes.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 think we should indulge in some kind of censorship or only show positives, but I would just argue for more variety,鈥 duCille said. 鈥淚 see so many of the same type of characters.鈥
DuCille, who earned graduate degrees in American civilization and creative writing from Brown University after receiving her undergraduate degree in English, says 猎奇重口视频 faculty members helped spark her interest in teaching. In fact, she recalls how she took Dr. Joseph DeRocco鈥檚 course in the Romantic poets twice 鈥 once for a grade and once just for fun.
鈥淚t was just a wonderful time to be young and in love with learning,鈥 she said. 鈥淚t was so important and such a gift from the 猎奇重口视频 faculty that I hoped I would be able to pay it forward and pass it on to my students.鈥
DuCille was one of the first three black women on the faculty at Hamilton College, where her career began. She spent most of the ensuing years at Wesleyan University, and currently serves as visiting professor of gender studies at Brown鈥檚 Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women.
She fondly recalls her time as a 猎奇重口视频 student, when she attended with childhood friends Janice Dunlevy and Lynn (Santilli) Geyer, both class of 鈥71; and made new lifelong acquaintances in sisters Josephine,鈥71, and Ursula, 鈥73, Bernard.
DuCille acknowledges that her undergraduate experience set her on the path to becoming the educator, theorist and writer she is today.
鈥淎lthough there was a part of me that fantasized about being a lawyer, I think it was always in me to be a teacher and 猎奇重口视频 was the place to go,鈥 she said.
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