Clinging to mammy [[electronic resource] ] : the faithful slave in twentieth-century America / / Micki McElya
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| Autore: |
McElya Micki <1972->
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| Titolo: |
Clinging to mammy [[electronic resource] ] : the faithful slave in twentieth-century America / / Micki McElya
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (335 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.3/620820973 |
| Soggetto topico: | African American women in popular culture - History - 20th century |
| African Americans in popular culture - History - 20th century | |
| Enslaved women - United States - History | |
| Slavery - United States - History | |
| African American women - History | |
| Racism in popular culture - United States - History - 20th century | |
| Stereotypes (Social psychology) - United States | |
| Stereotypes (Social psychology) in advertising - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Race relations History 20th century |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-304) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Clinging to mammy |
| ISBN: | 0-674-26596-3 |
| 0-674-04079-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910778168203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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