Some Links

I was particularly intrigued by Van Leeuwen's mention of "golliwog" dolls since I had never seen or heard of them before. Here are some links that I found with a quick Google search. I thought it was pretty interesting how many people deal and collect these dolls. I understand collecting them for their historical significance, but the graphics on some of the pages were pretty offensive - more cherishing the dolls than studying them, if that makes sense.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golliwog

http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/golliwog/

http://www.geocities.com/~gipsytoo/golliwogs.html

http://golliwogs.com/history/

http://www.geocities.com/~gipsytoo/golliwogcollectables.html

A personal blog that talks about golliwogs - I thought it interesting that the person writing seems so grateful that "our culture had moved past such horrible displays of racial intolerance and misunderstanding" by the time they grew up in the 80's. I'm not so sure about that.

http://www.threadbared.com/2005/05/golliblog.html

My personal favorite (note the sarcasm) - a "Save our Golliwoggs" page. Wow.

http://www.sterlingtimes.co.uk/golliwog.htm

The Guardian has a lot of articles on golliwogs, although their archives don't go far back enough to find the one referenced in the article. However, I thought this one was pretty interesting because of the political ramifications.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/racism/Story/0,,547562,00.html