Disney’s Black mermaid is no breakthrough – just look at the literary subgenre of Black mermaid fiction

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Disney’s Black mermaid is no breakthrough – just look at the literary subgenre of Black mermaid fiction

Jessica Pressman - Professor of English and Comparative Literature, San Diego State University Mermaids have become a cultural phenomenon, and clashes about mermaids and race have spilled out into the open. This is most pointedly apparent in the backlash over Disney’s much-anticipated “The Little Mermaid.” After Disney unveiled its trailer for the film, which will be…

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