The myth of Aunt Jemima : representations of race and region
General Information
- Author/Creator
- Roberts, Diane, 1959-
- Language
- English.
- Published
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.
- Physical Description
- x, 228 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
- Subject
- English literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
- Race in literature.
- American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
- American literature > White authors > History and criticism.
- Women and literature > Great Britain > History.
- Women and literature > United States > History.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature.
- African Americans in literature.
- Regionalism in literature.
- Blacks in literature.
Bibliographic Information
- Responsibility
- Diane Roberts.
- Content
- 1. Uncle Tom's Cabin: An authentic ghost story -- 2. "Instigated by the Devil": The South and Harriet Beecher Stowe -- 3. Miss Wright, Mrs Trollope and Miss Martineau: or, Three British women look at American slavery -- 4. The Strange Career of Fanny Kemble -- 5. Olla Podrida America: Lydia Maria Child and radical miscegenation -- 6. Jemima and Jezebel in the New South: Twentieth-century women on race -- Epilogue: Making the word the thing.
- ISBN
- 0415049180
- 0415049199
Holdings
| Item Type | Current Location | Collection | Call Number | Volume Info | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | OSA Archivum Library | General collection | 820.9/9287 20 ROB | General Stacks | - |
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