| Author Name: | Abraham, Linus |
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| Date: | 2002, April |
| Journal: | Journal of Communication Inquiry |
| Volume: | vol. 26, issue 2 |
| Topic: | Race and Film |
| Pages: | 193 |
The 1995 motion picture The Scarlet Letter portrayed Hester Prynne's nudity and adultery observed by her black servant, Mituba. This relationship derives from 19th century Western iconography about sex and race and perpetuates the association of blackness with hypersexuality.