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Mammy and Uncle Mose : Black collectibles and American stereotyping / Kenneth Goings.

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Mammy and Uncle Mose : Black collectibles and American stereotyping / Kenneth Goings.

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Mammy and Uncle Mose : Black collectibles and American stereotyping / Kenneth Goings.

About this item

Full title

Mammy and Uncle Mose : Black collectibles and American stereotyping / Kenneth Goings.

Publisher

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1994.

Call Numbers

N873.0496073/1

Record Identifier

74VKOydAO43M

MMS ID

991022634149702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xxiv, 123 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Contents

Introducing Aunt Jemima and Uncle Mose -- 1. The Birth and Adolescence of Aunt Jemima and Uncle Mose: Collectibles as Personifications of Stereotypes -- 2. Aunt Jemima and Uncle Mose Back on the Plantation: Collectibles as the "Old Folks" at Home -- 3. Aunt Jemima and Uncle Mose as Domestics: The Ki...

Publication information

Publisher

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1994.

Place of Publication

Indiana

Date Published

c1994.

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

These items of material culture were props that helped reinforce the "new" racist ideology that began emerging after Reconstruction. Then, as the nation changed, the images created of black people by white people changed. From the 1880s to the 1930s, black people were portrayed as very dark, bug-eyed, nappy-headed, childlike, stupid, lazy, deferent...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Mammy and Uncle Mose : Black collectibles and American stereotyping / Kenneth Goings.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Blacks in the diaspora.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [113]-118) and index.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

c1994.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

N873.0496073/1

Record Identifier

74VKOydAO43M

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOydAO43M

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ISBN

0253208815 (pbk. : alk. paper)

9780253325921 (alk. paper)

0253325927 (alk. paper)

9780253208811 (pbk. : alk. paper)

DDC

700.89960730075

MMS ID

991022634149702626

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