Clinging to mammy : the faithful slave in twentieth-century America / Micki McElya.
2007
E185.86 .M397 2007 (Mapit)
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Title
Clinging to mammy : the faithful slave in twentieth-century America / Micki McElya.
Author
McElya, Micki, 1972-
ISBN
9780674024335 (alk. paper)
0674024338 (alk. paper)
0674024338 (alk. paper)
Imprint
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
Language
English
Description
322 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Call Number
E185.86 .M397 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.3/620820973
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-304) and index.
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Table of 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.
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.