Bibliograph

Clinging to mammy, the faithful slave in twentieth-century America, Micki McElya

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Clinging to mammy, the faithful slave in twentieth-century America, Micki McElya

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-304) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Clinging to mammy

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

80019819

Responsibility statement

Micki McElya

Sub title

the faithful slave in twentieth-century America

Summary

Micki McElya argues that the figure of the loyal slave has played a powerful role in modern American politics and culture. Loving, hating, pitying or pining for 'mammy' became a way for Americans to make sense of shifting economic, social, and racial realities and some black people's contentment with servitude

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

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