Slave in a Box

Slave in a Box: The Strange Career of Aunt Jemima is a 1998 non-fiction book by Maurice M. Manring, published by University of Virginia Press. It covers Aunt Jemima.

According to Publishers Weekly, the book focuses more on how marketing used desires from White Americans to sell products and less on a history of Aunt Jemima.[1] Manring stated that Aunt Jemima was used a form of nostalgia for housewives who were unable to have servants but wanted them.[2]

Andrea Higbie, in The New York Times, stated that the book shows how Aunt Jemima is "a damaging racial image."[3]

Background

Manring was an independent scholar. He resided in Columbia, Missouri when the book was released.[3]

Reception

Myrtle Gonza Glascoe of Gettysburg College wrote that the work is "a must read" for people wishing to explore how capitalist countries have concepts about class, gender, and race.[4]

References

  • Glascoe, Myrtle Gonza (1999). "Manring M. M. Slave in a Box: The Strange Career of Aunt Jemima. (The American South Series). Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1998. 219pp. Paper $14.95". History of Education Quarterly. 39 (4): 503–504. doi:10.2307/369945. JSTOR 369945.

Notes

  1. ^ "Slave in a Box: The Strange Career of Aunt Jemima". Publishers Weekly. Vol. 245, no. 8. p. 59. Retrieved 2025-06-03.
  2. ^ Chideya, Farai (2007-01-02). "Revisiting Aunt Jemima: 'Slave in a Box'". News & Notes. National Public Radio. Retrieved 2025-06-03.
  3. ^ a b Higbie, Andrea (1998-10-25). "Books in Brief: University Presses Nonfiction". The New York Times. Retrieved 2025-06-03. - Old view of the page
  4. ^ Glascoe, p. 504.

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