Book
The maid narratives: black domestics and white families in the Jim Crow South
Louisiana State University Press
2012
Abstract
"Shares the memories of black domestic workers and the white families they served, uncovering the often intimate relationships between maid and mistress. Based on interviews with over fifty people--both white and black--these stories deliver a personal and powerful message about resilience and resistance in the face of oppression in the Jim Crow South"--Page [2] of jacket.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The maid narratives: black domestics and white families in the Jim Crow South
- Creators
- Katherine Van WormerDavid W III Jackson - University of Iowa, African American StudiesCharletta Sudduth
- Resource Type
- Book
- Publisher
- Louisiana State University Press; Baton Rouge
- ISBN
- 9780807149683; 0807149683
- eISBN
- 9780807149706; 0807149705
- Number of pages
- xviii, 298 pages
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2012
- Academic Unit
- African American Studies
- Record Identifier
- 9983995695902771
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