Hush Now, Baby : A Memoir /

Hush Now, Baby is the story of how a little white girl climbed out of an uneasy childhood in the segregated South...on the backbone of a black woman who loved her unabashedly. A host of African-American women permeated Southern families. One of those stalwart women was Eva Aiken, a central figure in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Williams, Angela W., 1941- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Huntsville, Texas : Texas Review Press, 2015.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women slaves.
Women household employees.
Manners and customs.
Dysfunctional families.
African American women household employees.
Familles inadaptees > Caroline du Sud > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Employees de maison noires americaines > Caroline du Sud > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Employees de maison > Caroline du Sud > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Femmes esclaves > Caroline du Sud > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Dysfunctional families > South Carolina > Fiction.
African American women household employees > South Carolina > Fiction.
Women household employees > South Carolina > Fiction.
Women slaves > South Carolina > Fiction.
South Carolina.
Caroline du Sud > Moeurs et coutumes > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
South Carolina > Social life and customs > Fiction.
Fiction.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The wedding: Eva stages a sit-in at the wedding
  • The watermelon queen: mother's family tragedies
  • The catch of the lowcountry: father's family background
  • Flyin' high: glorious early years of the couple
  • No time for grievin': first experience with death
  • Summertime: idyllic summers for the family
  • When father knew best: incidents of excellent parenting
  • Gathering clouds: father's demise, mother's illness
  • Eyes wide open: boarding school lessons
  • Blue skies: Charleston debutante days
  • The nor'easter: back home to turmoil and abuse
  • Ebb tide: respite with father gone; new struggles emerge
  • The undertow: Eva and mother vie for control
  • Through a glass darkly: experiencing the real world
  • Scales fall off: civil rights issues hit home.

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