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The myth of Aunt Jemima : representations of race and region Cover Image E-book E-book

The myth of Aunt Jemima : representations of race and region

Roberts, Diane 1959- (Author).

Summary: The Myth of Aunt Jemima is a bold and exciting look at the way three centuries of white women writers have tackled the subject of race in both Britain and America. Diane Roberts challenges the widely-held belief that white women writers have simply acquiesed in majority cultural inscriptions of race. The Myth of Aunt Jemima shows how 'the mythic spheres of race, of the separation of black and white into low and high, other and originary, tainted and pure, remain to trouble a society struggling still to free itself from debilitating racial representations.' Beautifully wri.

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  • ISBN: 0415049199
  • ISBN: 0415049180
  • ISBN: 9781280025648
  • ISBN: 1280025646
  • ISBN: 9780203375952
  • ISBN: 0203375955
  • ISBN: 9781134944972
  • ISBN: 1134944977
  • ISBN: 9780203359198
  • ISBN: 0203359194
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 228 pages)
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  • Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-223) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Chapter INTRODUCTION -- chapter 1 UNCLE TOM'S CABIN -- chapter 2 "INSTIGATED BY THE DEVIL" -- chapter 3 MISS WRIGHT, MRS TROLLOPE AND MISS MARTINEAU -- chapter 4 THE STRANGE CAREER OF FANNY KEMBLE -- chapter 5 OLLA PODRIDA AMERICA -- chapter 6 JEMIMA AND JEZEBEL IN THE NEW SOUTH.
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English.
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