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The myth of Aunt Jemima : representations of race and region

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

Content descriptions

General Note:
CatMonthString.january.24
Multi-User.
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.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:
Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Access restricted by subscription.
Language Note:
English.
Issuing Body Note:
Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Subject: African Americans in literature
American literature -- White authors -- History and criticism
American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism
Black people in literature
English literature -- History and criticism
English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism
Race in literature
Regionalism in literature
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature
Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History
Women and literature -- United States -- History
�Ecrits de femmes am�ericains -- Histoire et critique
�Ecrits de femmes anglais -- Histoire et critique
Femmes et litt�erature -- �Etats-Unis -- Histoire
Femmes et litt�erature -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire
Litt�erature am�ericaine -- Auteurs blancs -- Histoire et critique
Litt�erature anglaise -- Histoire et critique
Litt�erature r�egionale
Noirs am�ericains dans la litt�erature
Personnes noires dans la litt�erature
Race dans la litt�erature
St�er�eotypes dans la litt�erature
African Americans in literature
American literature -- White authors
American literature -- Women authors
Black people in literature
English literature
English literature -- Women authors
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Race in literature
Regionalism in literature
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature
Women and literature
Great Britain
United States
Multi-User.
English fiction -- Special subjects -- Racism
English fiction -- Special subjects -- Women
Genre: Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History

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