| Description |
1 online resource (x, 228 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-223) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| 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. |
| Language |
English. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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Race in literature.
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American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- White authors -- History and criticism.
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Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History.
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Women and literature -- United States -- History.
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature.
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African Americans in literature.
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Regionalism in literature.
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Black people in literature.
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English literature -- History and criticism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. |
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English literature |
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African Americans in literature |
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American literature -- White authors |
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American literature -- Women authors |
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Black people in literature |
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English literature -- Women authors |
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Race in literature |
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Regionalism in literature |
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature |
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Women and literature |
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Great Britain https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP |
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq |
| Indexed Term |
English fiction Special subjects Racism |
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English fiction Special subjects Women |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Roberts, Diane, 1959- Myth of Aunt Jemima. London ; New York : Routledge, 1994 (DLC) 93050574 |
| ISBN |
0203359194 (electronic bk.) |
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9780203359198 (electronic bk.) |
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1134944977 |
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9781134944972 |
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0203375955 |
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9780203375952 |
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1280025646 |
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9781280025648 |
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0415049180 (Cloth) |
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0415049199 (Paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.4324/9780203359198 |
