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10 things you need to know to celebrate Sinterklaas

2015. "10 things you need to know to celebrate Sinterklaas." Dutch News.

Blackface: A cultural history of a racist art form

DuBois, Maurice. 2018. "Blackface: A cultural history of a racist art form." CBS Sunday Morning. Video, 7:56. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqlD-eZm1ck.

"We Have Given Up So Much"...

Hilhorst, S., & Hermes, J. 2016. ‘We have given up so much’: Passion and denial in the Dutch Zwarte Piet (Black Pete) controversy. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 19(3), 218-233. 

This notorious Christmas character is dividing a country

Little, Becky. 2018. "This notorious Christmas character is dividing a country." National Geographic. 

Rituals

Sims, Martha, and Martine Stephens. 2011. "Ritual."

In Living Folklore: An Introduction to the Study of People and Their Traditions. 2nd Edition ed., Logan: Utah State University Press.

Tradition

Sims, Martha, and Martine Stephens. 2011. “Tradition."

In Living Folklore: An Introduction to the Study of People and Their Traditions. 2nd Edition ed., Logan: Utah State University Press.

Representation of a Controversial Figure...

Teeuwen, Iris Carla Maria. 2021. “Representation of a Controversial Figure (Zwarte Piet) During A Time of Racial Injustice and Unrest.” Masters Thesis, University of Oregon. 

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