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THROUGH ZENA'S EYES - BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2011: Feb 13 – Aunt Jemima: Negative Stereotype or Iconic Brand?

THROUGH ZENA'S EYES - BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2011: Feb 13 – Aunt Jemima: Negative Stereotype or Iconic Brand? | A Cultural History of Advertising | Scoop.it

"Created in 1889, the inspiration for the Aunt Jemima® brand came from a character in a racially-derogatory minstrel show song, written in 1875. The creators of Aunt Jemima® Pancake Mix were not good businessmen, so had to sell the brand and the formula to the R.T. Davis Milling Company in 1890. ..."

 

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Of all the ads in all the world... Humphrey Bogart's son sues Burberry - claiming they 'illegally' used images of the screen icon to sell coats

Of all the ads in all the world... Humphrey Bogart's son sues Burberry - claiming they 'illegally' used images of the screen icon to sell coats | A Cultural History of Advertising | Scoop.it
Stephen Bogart (inset) claims the company used an image of his father from the 1942 movie Casablanca to plug its products on social media sites including Facebook and Twitter.

"Lawyer Michael Crain, representing the Bogart estate, said last night: ‘This case is historic because the role of social media in advertising is new.’"

 

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