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“…both the historic and the contemporary interpretations of the mammy too often isolate the image within narrow categories: as a literary stereotype, or as a historic reality, or as an advertising trademark, or as a visual subject.  These approaches reduce the complexity of mammy’s powerful presence in American consciousness.  This book examines the mammy figure as a signpost pointing to concepts and ideals extending far beyond the stereotype; the wide-ranging representations of the mammy figure reflect the various ways in which this image has shaped and continues to influence American concepts of race and gender.” Via notes on diaspora

“…both the historic and the contemporary interpretations of the mammy too often isolate the image within narrow categories: as a literary stereotype, or as a historic reality, or as an advertising trademark, or as a visual subject.  These approaches reduce the complexity of mammy’s powerful presence in American consciousness.  This book examines the mammy figure as a signpost pointing to concepts and ideals extending far beyond the stereotype; the wide-ranging representations of the mammy figure reflect the various ways in which this image has shaped and continues to influence American concepts of race and gender.”

(Source: notesondiaspora)


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