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Entry On Anne Carson, Ian Rae
Mammy: From Pancakes To Grenades, Nichol Michelina Pagano
Mammy: From Pancakes To Grenades, Nichol Michelina Pagano
Theses & Honors Papers
From an image draped in calico and flipping pancakes to a figure wearing pearls and throwing hand grenades, Mammy exists as part of America's cultural heritage since the beginning of the nineteenth century. The Mammy character evolved in American iconography from the subservient kitchen Aunt Jemima to a modem aggressive woman ready for military combat. Early depictions of Mammy show her as being very humble, plain in dress and appearance, and subservient to her white masters . In From Mammy to Miss America and Beyond, Sue Jewell states, "[Mammy] is portrayed as an obese African-American woman, of dark complexion, with …
Foregrounding Motherhood In Toni Morrison's Sula And Beloved, Lindsay Green
Foregrounding Motherhood In Toni Morrison's Sula And Beloved, Lindsay Green
The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English
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Pecan Grove Review Volume 6, St. Mary's University
Pecan Grove Review Volume 6, St. Mary's University
Pecan Grove Review
Creative writings by students, faculty, and staff of the St. Mary's University community.