Slave in a Box: Strange Career of Aunt Jemima (American South)

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1998
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This study addresses the question of why the troubling figure of Aunt Jemima has endured in American culture. The author traces the evolution of the mammy from her roots in Old South slave reality and mythology to Aunt Jemima's symbolic role in the Civil Rights movement.

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This study addresses the question of why the troubling figure of Aunt Jemima has endured in American culture. The author traces the evolution of the mammy from her roots in Old South slave reality and mythology to Aunt Jemima's symbolic role in the Civil Rights movement.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 210
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 30 Apr 1998
ISBN 10: 0813918111
ISBN 13: 9780813918112

Slave in a Box: Strange Career of Aunt Jemima (American South)

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$27.39

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