LEADER 03597nam 2200781 a 450 001 9910455119403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-04079-1 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674040793 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786938 035 $a(OCoLC)433147574 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10312765 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000123454 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11135430 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000123454 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10010230 035 $a(PQKB)11005487 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300060 035 $a(DE-B1597)457701 035 $a(OCoLC)1049626730 035 $a(OCoLC)1054859535 035 $a(OCoLC)979904433 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674040793 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300060 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10312765 035 $a(OCoLC)923108901 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786938 100 $a20070112d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aClinging to mammy$b[electronic resource] $ethe faithful slave in twentieth-century America /$fMicki McElya 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (335 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-02433-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [261]-304) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tILLUSTRATIONS -- $tINTRODUCTION: THE FAITHFUL SLAVE -- $t1. THE LIFE OF "AUNT JEMIMA" -- $t2. ANXIOUS PERFORMANCES -- $t3. THE LINE BETWEEN MOTHER AND MAMMY -- $t4. MONUMENTAL POWER -- $t5. THE VIOLENCE OF AFFECTION -- $t6. CONFRONTING THE MAMMY PROBLEM -- $tEPILOGUE: RECASTING THE FAITHFUL SLAVE -- $tNOTES -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tINDEX 330 $aLoving, 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. 606 $aAfrican American women in popular culture$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAfrican Americans in popular culture$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWomen slaves$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aSlavery$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aAfrican American women$xHistory 606 $aRacism in popular culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aStereotypes (Social psychology)$zUnited States 606 $aStereotypes (Social psychology) in advertising$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAfrican American women in popular culture$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans in popular culture$xHistory 615 0$aWomen slaves$xHistory. 615 0$aSlavery$xHistory. 615 0$aAfrican American women$xHistory. 615 0$aRacism in popular culture$xHistory 615 0$aStereotypes (Social psychology) 615 0$aStereotypes (Social psychology) in advertising 676 $a306.3/620820973 700 $aMcElya$b Micki$f1972-$01046054 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455119403321 996 $aClinging to mammy$92472724 997 $aUNINA