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

  • Written by Jessica Pressman, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, San Diego State University
Disney's Black mermaid is no breakthrough – just look at the literary subgenre of Black mermaid fictionA coffin made to resemble a mermaid at a Ga funeral. The Ga people live along the southeast coast of Ghana.Eye Ubiquitous/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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...

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