Clinging to Mammy : : The Faithful Slave in Twentieth-Century America / / Micki McElya.

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...

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]
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Year of Publication:2009
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t CONTENTS --   |t ILLUSTRATIONS --   |t INTRODUCTION: THE FAITHFUL SLAVE --   |t 1. THE LIFE OF "AUNT JEMIMA" --   |t 2. ANXIOUS PERFORMANCES --   |t 3. THE LINE BETWEEN MOTHER AND MAMMY --   |t 4. MONUMENTAL POWER --   |t 5. THE VIOLENCE OF AFFECTION --   |t 6. CONFRONTING THE MAMMY PROBLEM --   |t EPILOGUE: RECASTING THE FAITHFUL SLAVE --   |t NOTES --   |t ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --   |t INDEX 
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