03597nam 2200781 a 450 991045511940332120200520144314.00-674-04079-110.4159/9780674040793(CKB)1000000000786938(OCoLC)433147574(CaPaEBR)ebrary10312765(SSID)ssj0000123454(PQKBManifestationID)11135430(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000123454(PQKBWorkID)10010230(PQKB)11005487(MiAaPQ)EBC3300060(DE-B1597)457701(OCoLC)1049626730(OCoLC)1054859535(OCoLC)979904433(DE-B1597)9780674040793(Au-PeEL)EBL3300060(CaPaEBR)ebr10312765(OCoLC)923108901(EXLCZ)99100000000078693820070112d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrClinging to mammy[electronic resource] the faithful slave in twentieth-century America /Micki McElyaCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20071 online resource (335 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-02433-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-304) and index.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 -- INDEXLoving, 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.African American women in popular cultureHistory20th centuryAfrican Americans in popular cultureHistory20th centuryWomen slavesUnited StatesHistorySlaveryUnited StatesHistoryAfrican American womenHistoryRacism in popular cultureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryStereotypes (Social psychology)United StatesStereotypes (Social psychology) in advertisingUnited StatesUnited StatesRace relationsHistory20th centuryElectronic books.African American women in popular cultureHistoryAfrican Americans in popular cultureHistoryWomen slavesHistory.SlaveryHistory.African American womenHistory.Racism in popular cultureHistoryStereotypes (Social psychology)Stereotypes (Social psychology) in advertising306.3/620820973McElya Micki1972-1046054MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455119403321Clinging to mammy2472724UNINA