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University of New Orleans
Just like Ole' Mammy used to Make: Reinterpreting New Orleans African-American Praline Vendors as Entrepreneurs
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>Women commonly sold goods on the streets of New Orleans throughout the city‘s colonial and antebellum history. Forming a significant presence among the city‘s market places, they sold various food items which included coffee, calas, and pralines. Perhaps the most popular of the African-American street vendors was the praline women. They attracted the attention of visitors as well as residents. Despite the popularity of these treats, the highly visible and enterprising praline vendors were simultaneously celebrated and caricatured by white observers who depicted them as mammy figures not only in store advertisements and logos, but also in everyday annotations.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- M.A.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis-Restricted
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- History
- Year
- 2011
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Nunez, Chanda
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Mizell-Nelson, Michael
- Cassimere, Jr., Raphael
- Mitchell, Mary N.
Subjects
dc:subject × 12Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/128
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-1127