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On maids: historical background and general characteristics
On southern and northern maids: geography, mammies, and militants
The maid as southern and northern mammy; Charles W. Chesnutt, The marrow of tradition (1901) Kristin Hunter, God bless the child (1964) Toni Morrison, The bluest eye (1970)
An anomaly in southern territory; Richard Wright, "Man of all work" (1961)
Northern maids: stepping toward militancy; Ann Petry, The Street (1946) William Melvin Kelley, dem (1964)
Beyond the uniform; Alice Childress, Like one of the family (1956)
The iconoclasts; John A. Williams, "Son in the afternoon" (1962) Douglas Turner Ward, Happy ending (1964)
The militants; Barbara Woods, "The final supper" (1970) Ted Shine, Contribution (1968) Ed Bullins, The gentleman caller (1969).
On southern and northern maids: geography, mammies, and militants
The maid as southern and northern mammy; Charles W. Chesnutt, The marrow of tradition (1901) Kristin Hunter, God bless the child (1964) Toni Morrison, The bluest eye (1970)
An anomaly in southern territory; Richard Wright, "Man of all work" (1961)
Northern maids: stepping toward militancy; Ann Petry, The Street (1946) William Melvin Kelley, dem (1964)
Beyond the uniform; Alice Childress, Like one of the family (1956)
The iconoclasts; John A. Williams, "Son in the afternoon" (1962) Douglas Turner Ward, Happy ending (1964)
The militants; Barbara Woods, "The final supper" (1970) Ted Shine, Contribution (1968) Ed Bullins, The gentleman caller (1969).