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Clinging to mammy : the faithful slave in twentieth-century America / Micki McElya.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.Description: 322 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: - 9780674024335 (alk. paper)
- 0674024338 (alk. paper)
- African American women in popular culture -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans in popular culture -- History -- 20th century
- Women slaves -- United States -- History
- Slavery -- United States -- History
- African American women -- History
- Racism in popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- United States
- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in advertising -- United States
- Jemima, Aunt
- United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- E185.86 .M397 2007
Contents:
Introduction : The faithful slave -- The life of "Aunt Jemima" -- Anxious performances -- The line between mother and mammy -- Monumental power -- The violence of affection -- Confronting the mammy problem -- Epilogue : Recasting the faithful slave.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-304) and index.
Introduction : The faithful slave -- The life of "Aunt Jemima" -- Anxious performances -- The line between mother and mammy -- Monumental power -- The violence of affection -- Confronting the mammy problem -- Epilogue : Recasting the faithful slave.