Over-generalized belief about a particular category of people; often used in literature and films as means to emphasize characters

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Two black men are given a lunch of roast beef by a white farmer, then they attempt to rob him, but he catches them, beats them, and sends them on their way. Coloured wood engravings.

An episode in Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens: a crowd gathers around Mr Mantalini who has attempted to poison himself. Etching after Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).

In a crowded salon, a wigmaker fits wigs according to occupation; representing the character stereotyping of Gall's phrenology. Coloured etching by J.E. Marcus after J. Smies, c. 1810.

Many people are riding on and crowding around a large horse-drawn carriage. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, 1862, after A. Hunt.

A Jewish man selling oranges outside the Royal Exchange in London; a Jewish man in a top hat and coat displaying a bond for £50,000 that he has acquired; representing the advancement of Jews from street-selling to high finance. Wood engraving, 18--.

Policing desire : pornography, AIDS, and the media / Simon Watney.

OCD ain't a word : a zine about mental health / J. F. Gamber.

A woman hater and other stories : female doctors in 19th century literature as a reflection of British society's ideas about women in medicine / Sana Owais Subhan.

Telling is risky business : mental health consumers confront stigma / Otto F. Wahl.

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Stereotyping

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Policing desire : pornography, AIDS, and the media / Simon Watney.

OCD ain't a word : a zine about mental health / J. F. Gamber.

A woman hater and other stories : female doctors in 19th century literature as a reflection of British society's ideas about women in medicine / Sana Owais Subhan.

Telling is risky business : mental health consumers confront stigma / Otto F. Wahl.

An episode in Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens: a crowd gathers around Mr Mantalini who has attempted to poison himself. Etching after Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).

Stereotyping

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Images referencing Stereotyping

Works from the collections

Policing desire : pornography, AIDS, and the media / Simon Watney.

OCD ain't a word : a zine about mental health / J. F. Gamber.

A woman hater and other stories : female doctors in 19th century literature as a reflection of British society's ideas about women in medicine / Sana Owais Subhan.

Telling is risky business : mental health consumers confront stigma / Otto F. Wahl.

An episode in Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens: a crowd gathers around Mr Mantalini who has attempted to poison himself. Etching after Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).

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