Myth of Aunt Jemima
Subtitle: White Women Representing Black Women
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780203359198
Subjects: African Americans in literature; History and c.; Blacks in literature; Literature; Social Science; White authors; English literature; History and criticism; American literature; Race in literature; Regionalism in literature; Women authors; Women and literature; Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature; History
Description: Beautifully written, with a powerful series of textual readings, this book looks at the way three centuries of women writers have tackled the subject of race in both Britian and America.
Notes: BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 UNCLE TOM'S CABIN; 2 "INSTIGATED BY THE DEVIL"; 3 MISS WRIGHT, MRS TROLLOPE AND MISS MARTINEAU; 4 THE STRANGE CAREER OF FANNY KEMBLE; 5 OLLA PODRIDA AMERICA; 6 JEMIMA AND JEZEBEL IN THE NEW SOUTH; EPILOGUE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

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Table of contents: title: BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 UNCLE TOM'S CABIN; 2 "INSTIGATED BY THE DEVIL"; 3 MISS WRIGHT, MRS TROLLOPE AND MISS MARTINEAU; 4 THE STRANGE CAREER OF FANNY KEMBLE; 5 OLLA PODRIDA AMERICA; 6 JEMIMA AND JEZEBEL IN THE NEW SOUTH; EPILOGUE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;