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Between History and Fantasy: Harriet Tubman in the Artistic and Popular Imaginary
- Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism
- Indiana University Press
- Volume 12, Number 2, 2014
- pp. 50-77
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This essay explores representations of Harriet Tubman in African American art and contemporary popular culture. From art to childrenâs literature to Hollywood films to public memorials, these works flatten the historical while hyperbolizing the fantastical elements of Tubman. Nonetheless, I argue for the importance of reconfiguring Tubman in the artistic and popular imaginary as an icon of resistance and a refutation of the national myths perpetuated in popular American history.