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Mapping Mammy 2.0: Insecure and the Middle-Class Black Woman's Burden

Assatu N. WissehGrady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 391-410 | Published online: 12 Jun 2018

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