Mammies and Matriarchs: Tracing Images of the Black Female in Popular Culture 1950s to Present

Journal of African American Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 308-326

  Sewell, Christopher J P ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black motherhood; Eddie Murphy; Mammy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880794287     PISSN: 15591646     EISSN: 19364741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12111-012-9238-x     Document Type: Article

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