6 options
Clinging to mammy : the faithful slave in twentieth-century America / Micki McElya.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McElya, Micki, 1972-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American women in popular culture--History--20th century.
- African American women in popular culture.
- African Americans in popular culture--History--20th century.
- African Americans in popular culture.
- Enslaved women--United States--History.
- Enslaved women.
- Slavery--United States--History.
- Slavery.
- African American women--History.
- African American women.
- Racism in popular culture--United States--History--20th century.
- Racism in popular culture.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology).
- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in advertising--United States.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in advertising.
- United States--Race relations--History--20th century.
- United States.
- Jemima, Aunt.
- Jemima.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (335 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Loving, hating, pitying, or pining for mammy became a way for Americans to make sense of shifting economic, social, and racial realities. Assertions of black contentment with servitude alleviated white fears while reinforcing racial hierarchy. McElya's stories expose the power and reach of this myth, not only in advertising, films, and literature about the South, but also in national monument proposals, child custody cases, New Negro activism, anti-lynching campaigns, and the civil rights movement.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION: THE FAITHFUL SLAVE
- 1. THE LIFE OF "AUNT JEMIMA"
- 2. ANXIOUS PERFORMANCES
- 3. THE LINE BETWEEN MOTHER AND MAMMY
- 4. MONUMENTAL POWER
- 5. THE VIOLENCE OF AFFECTION
- 6. CONFRONTING THE MAMMY PROBLEM
- EPILOGUE: RECASTING THE FAITHFUL SLAVE
- NOTES
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-304) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674265967
- 0674265963
- 9780674040793
- 0674040791
- OCLC:
- 433147574
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.