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From Mammy to Miss America and Beyond: Cultural Images and the Shaping of U.S. Social Policy Book

Passionately written and supported with detailed evidence, From Mammy to Miss America and Beyond focuses on the way in which American power elite, specifically the mass media, have largely contributed to the oppression of black women in American society. As the veritable makers of ideology-- through news and entertainment--the mass media evoked stereotypes of African American women, powerful enough to reinforce their economic and societal oppression. Jewell looks at how the Mammy and Jemimah images of African American women were generated not only by the mass media, but also through government policy. She also pays particular attention to the rise of the ``bad black girl'' image of the 1970s, which culminated in the controversy surrounding the first African American Miss America--Vanessa Williams.Read More

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  • 0415042534
  • 9780415042536
  • K. Sue Jewell
  • 26 November 1992
  • Routledge
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 256
  • 1
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