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Slave in a Box: Strange Career of Aunt Jemima - American South
M.M. Manring
Slave in a Box: Strange Career of Aunt Jemima - American South
M.M. Manring
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.
221 pages, Illustrations, port.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | March 5, 1998 |
ISBN13 | 9780813918112 |
Publishers | University of Virginia Press |
Pages | 221 |
Dimensions | 228 × 153 × 22 mm · 353 g |
Language | English |
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