From Mammy to Miss America and Beyond

K. Sue Jewell is Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Black Studies at The Ohio State University.

• Chapter 1 The Status of African American Women; Chapter 2 The Social Significance of Cultural Imagery; Chapter 3 Cultural Images as Symbols of African American Womanhood; Chapter 4 Imagery of African American Womanhood; Chapter 5 Cultural Imagery of African American Women and Empiricism; Chapter 6 Gender-Oriented Social Policy; Chapter 7 The US Legal System; Chapter 8 Determining Entitlements; Chapter 9 A Microcultural Response; Chapter 10 Redefining Images of African American Womanhood and Reshaping Social Policy;

`From Mammy to Miss America and beyond is a long overdue cultural history of African-American female subjectivity as is has been produced through the white, Anglocentric and patriachal industries of entertainment, advertising and the government. Jewell mounts a forceful project that is not only able to loosen the grip of white culture on the image of the African-American woman but demystify its ideological hegemony in order to transform existing policies and social practices towards a more just and equitable order.' - Peter McLaren, Renowned Scolar in Residence, Miami University of Ohio