Micki McElyaRessenyes

An amusing and horrifying history of the social, political, and commercial contexts that have encouraged white Americans to hold on to the myth of happy sacrificial mammies for more than a century after the end of slavery.

McElya argues that white Americans continue to cling to images of mammies as a response to blacks rejecting the submissive roles demanded by slavery. In support of her argument, she identifies the historical contexts and the individuals who helped create and popularize the image.

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http://mdbrady.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/clinging-to-mammy-by-micki-mcelya/