Mammies no more : the changing image of Black women on stage and screen

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Where to find it

Davis Library (8th floor)

Call Number
PS338.W6 A53 1997
Status
Available

Stone Center Library

Call Number
PS338.W6 A53 1997 c. 2
Status
Available

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Summary

This text explores the history of representations of African-American women in American film and theatre. Using a semiotic critical race theory framework, the author examines three stereotypes of African-American women.

Contents

  • Chapter 1 Introduction: Reflections of Our Lives
  • Part 2 Mama on the Couch?
  • Chapter 3 Yes Ma'am Miss Scarlett
  • Chapter 4 Alternative Nurture
  • Chapter 5 Margins and Myths
  • Part 6 Mulattas, Tragedy, and Mtyh
  • Chapter 7 Mulattas
  • Chapter 8 Miscegenation Blues, or the Other Side of the Tragic Mulatta
  • Chapter 9 What's Tragic about the Tragic Mulatta? Contemporary Mulattas and the Tragic Myth
  • Part 10 The Myth of the Whore
  • Chapter 11 Sex, Sexuality, and Black Women
  • Chapter 12 Not for Us, Thank You
  • Chapter 13 New Concepts of Sexuality
  • Chapter 14 Sexual and Racial Domination
  • Part 15 Representation and Resistance in an Antiblack World
  • Chapter 16 Contemporary Trends, Contemporary Theatre

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