Mammy and Uncle Mose : black collectibles and American stereotyping

Author

Goings, Kenneth W.

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Collection

Blacks in the diaspora.

Source

Mammy and Uncle Mose : black collectibles and American stereotyping. 1994, xxiv, 123 p., [24] p. of pl., ill. (29 col.); bibliogr.; index

ISBN

0-253-32592-7

Publisher

Indiana University Press, Bloomington (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Goings examines the production and consumption of black collectibles and memorabilia from the 1880s to the late 1950s. Black collectibles--objects made in or with the image of a black person--were such everyday items as advertising cards, housewares, toys and games, postcards, souvenirs and decorative knick-knacks. These objects were almost universally derogatory, with racially exaggerated features that helped "prove" that African Americans were "different" and "inferior." These items of material culture were props that helped reinforce the "new" racist ideology that began emerging after Reconstruction. This book is based on the author's own collection of black collectibles.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- United States
• Material culture
• United States
• 1800-2000
• Caricature
• African Americans
• Souvenirs
• Racism
• Goings, Kenneth W., b.1951
• Collections
• Collectors
• Iconography

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- États-Unis
• Culture matérielle
• Etats-Unis
• 1800-2000
• Caricature
• Afro-Américains
• Souvenir
• Racisme
• Goings, Kenneth W., n.1951
• Collections
• Collectionneurs
• Iconographie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19951001-00320930

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