The Mammy

Author : Brendan O'Carroll
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1999-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101153383

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The Mammy by Brendan O'Carroll Pdf

"Mammy" is what Irish children call their mothers and The Mammy is Agnes Browne—a widow struggling to raise seven children in a North Dublin neighborhood in the 1960s. Popular Irish comedian Brendan O'Carroll chronicles the comic misadventures of this large and lively family with raw humor and great affection. Forced to be mother, father, and referee to her battling clan, the ever-resourceful Agnes Browne occasionally finds a spare moment to trade gossip and quips with her best pal Marion Monks (alias "The Kaiser") and even finds herself pursued by the amorous Frenchman who runs the local pizza parlor. Like the novels of Roddy Doyle, The Mammy features pitch-perfect dialogue, lightning wit, and a host of colorful characters. Earthy and exuberant, the novel brilliantly captures the brash energy and cheerful irreverence of working-class Irish life. Now a major motion picture starring Anjelica Huston

Author : Kimberly Wallace-Sanders
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780472116140

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Mammy by Kimberly Wallace-Sanders Pdf

A revealing exploration of the origins and meanings of the mammy figure

Author : Micki McElya
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780674040793

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Clinging to Mammy by Micki McElya Pdf

When Aunt Jemima beamed at Americans from the pancake mix box on grocery shelves, many felt reassured by her broad smile that she and her product were dependable. She was everyone's mammy, the faithful slave who was content to cook and care for whites, no matter how grueling the labor, because she loved them. This far-reaching image of the nurturing black mother exercises a tenacious hold on the American imagination. Micki McElya examines why we cling to mammy. She argues that the figure of the loyal slave has played a powerful role in modern American politics and culture. Loving, hating, pitying, or pining for mammy became a way for Americans to make sense of shifting economic, social, and racial realities. Assertions of black people's contentment with servitude alleviated white fears while reinforcing racial hierarchy. African American resistance to this notion was varied but often placed new constraints on black women. McElya's stories of faithful slaves expose the power and reach of the myth, not only in popular advertising, films, and literature about the South, but also in national monument proposals, child custody cases, white women's minstrelsy, New Negro activism, anti-lynching campaigns, and the civil rights movement. The color line and the vision of interracial motherly affection that helped maintain it have persisted into the twenty-first century. If we are to reckon with the continuing legacy of slavery in the United States, McElya argues, we must confront the depths of our desire for mammy and recognize its full racial implications.

Author : Séamas O'Reilly
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780316424271

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Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? by Séamas O'Reilly Pdf

A heart-warming and hilarious family memoir of growing up as one of eleven siblings raised by a single dad in Northern Ireland at the end of the Troubles. Séamas O’Reilly’s mother died when he was five, leaving him, his ten (!) brothers and sisters, and their beloved father in their sprawling bungalow in rural Derry. It was the 1990s; the Troubles were a background rumble, but Séamas was more preoccupied with dinosaurs, Star Wars, and the actual location of heaven than the political climate. ­ An instant bestseller in Ireland, Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? is a book about a family of loud, argumentative, musical, sarcastic, grief-stricken siblings, shepherded into adulthood by a man whose foibles and reticence were matched only by his love for his children and his determination that they would flourish. “In this joyous, wildly unconventional memoir, Séamas O'Reilly tells the story of losing his mother as a child and growing up with ten siblings in Northern Ireland during the final years of the Troubles as a raucous comedy, a grand caper that is absolutely bursting with life.”―Patrick Radden Keefe, NYT bestselling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain One of NPR’s Best Books of the Year

Author : Melissa V. Harris-Perry
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300165418

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Sister Citizen by Melissa V. Harris-Perry Pdf

DIVFrom a highly respected thinker on race, gender, and American politics, a new consideration of black women and how distorted stereotypes affect their political beliefs/div

Author : Mrs. Loudon (Jane)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1828
Category : Feminist fiction, English
ISBN : HARVARD:32044014279723

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The Mummy! by Mrs. Loudon (Jane) Pdf

Author : Serena Terry
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780008512941

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The Secret Life of an Uncool Mum by Serena Terry Pdf

The Sunday Times bestselling novel from viral sensation, @MammyBanter A hilarious warts-and-all novel about modern motherhood – and how having it all sometimes isn’t what you think it might be.

Author : Brendan O'Carroll
Publisher : The O'Brien Press
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781847175403

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The Chisellers by Brendan O'Carroll Pdf

The second book in the Agnes Browne trilogy, the basis for the BAFTA-award winning TV series Mrs Brown's Boys. Continuing the hilarious saga of the ups and downs, minor scrapes and major run-ins of the seven children of Agnes Browne, The Mammy of the bestselling novel of the same name. Full of joy, humour, pathos and the raw vernacular of the Dublin streets. Agnes Browne and her seven 'chisellers' take on the world ... and win! It's three years since Redser's death and Agnes Browne soldiers on, being mother, father and referee to her fighting family of seven. Helped out financially by her eldest, and hormonally by the amorous Pierre, Agnes copes with family tragedy, success and the move from the Jarro to the 'wilds of the country' -- suburban Finglas. And when the family's dreams are threatened by an unscrupulous gangster he learns a costly lesson -- don't mess with the children of Agnes Browne! With a new introduction by the author, Brendan O'Carroll.

Author : K. Sue Jewell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134951895

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From Mammy to Miss America and Beyond by K. Sue Jewell Pdf

How do the mass media contribute to the social and economic advantages of the privileged and the subjection of African American women? Does America really care about providing equal opportunities for African American women? Passionately written and supported with detailed evidence this book shows the deeply rooted abiding cancer of oppresion in American society. It reveals the formal and informal ways in which African American women have been exluded from equal participation before and after the time of slavery. It will shock many who complacently believe that America is already a land on equality and it will give new heart to the many others who experience racism and sexism as daily facts of life.

Author : Donald McCaig
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781451643558

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Ruth's Journey by Donald McCaig Pdf

“Exquisitely imagined, deeply researched . . . brings to the foreground the most enigmatic and fascinating figure in Gone with the Wind. This is a brave work of literary empathy by a writer at the height of his powers, who demonstrates a magisterial understanding of the period, its clashing cultures, and its heartbreaking crises. ” —Geraldine Brooks, author of March The only authorized prequel to Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind—the unforgettable story of Mammy. On a Caribbean island consumed by the flames of revolution, an infant girl falls under the care of two French émigrés, Henri and Solange Fournier, who take the beautiful child they call Ruth to the bustling American city of Savannah. What follows is the sweeping tale of Ruth’s life as shaped first by her strong-willed mistress, and then by Solange’s daughter Ellen and Gerald O’Hara, the rough Irishman Ellen chooses to marry; the Butler family of Charleston and their unexpected connection to Mammy Ruth; and finally Scarlett O’Hara—the irrepressible Southern belle Mammy raises from birth. As we witness the lives of three generations of women, gifted storyteller Donald McCaig reveals a nuanced portrait of Mammy, at once a proud woman and a captive, a strict disciplinarian who has never experienced freedom herself. Through it all, Mammy endures, a rock in the river of time. Set against the backdrop of the South from the 1820s until the dawn of the Civil War, here is a remarkable story of fortitude, heartbreak, and indomitable will—and a tale that will forever illuminate your reading of Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind.

Author : Colm O'Regan
Publisher : Random House
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-14
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781448170197

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That's More Of It Now by Colm O'Regan Pdf

Colm O’Regan’s massive bestseller Isn’t It Well For Ye? The Book of Irish Mammies brought the wonderful world of the Irish Mammy to homes across Ireland, where it took pride of place alongside the good scissors and the bit of string that might come in handy someday. And now, before you can say “Is it that time already?”, Irish Mammy is back with more words of wisdom. That’s More Of It Now: The Second Book of Irish Mammies takes us even deeper into this parallel universe, with advice on everything from how to tell Mammy she is about to become a Granny to how to discipline a child (aged 0–45), touching on Irish Mammies’ role in the worlds of sport, the workplace, technology, religion and culture. Enjoy popular fairy-tales retold with an Irish Mammy at the centre of them; marvel at exclusive, not-yet-released scenes from the epic Game of Scones; and find some essential apps for the Modern Mammy’s tablet. Probably the most important sequel since The Godfather Part II, or at least Fifty Shades Darker, That’s More Of It Now will find a place in everybody’s heart (and stocking). Just don’t leave it on a damp step.

Author : Eleanor O’Reilly
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473672383

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M for Mammy by Eleanor O’Reilly Pdf

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Heart-breaking, heart-warming, and hilarious: a glorious debut' Ruth Hogan 'Strong and taut' Anne Griffin 'Fresh, thoughtful and original' Irish Times 'I really enjoyed this, Eleanor is a lovely writer' Sheila O'Flanagan Meet the Augustts: Ma and Da, Jenny and Jacob, and their no-nonsense Granny Mae-Anne. Complicated as only families can be, they are bound together by their love for one another, and for a piping hot bag of chips. When misfortune strikes and Granny moves in, they learn to understand each other anew through new stories and old memories. Sometimes, in a family as complicated as the Augustts, it's not always what is spoken that makes the most sense. M for Mammy is an uplifting story about the unique comfort of home, the language we can find when the words aren't there, and the power of a family to heal itself. 'A heartfelt debut about love, understanding and the complicated ties of family' Prima 'Lovely, sharp, compassionate, well-observed writing' Felicity Hayes-McCoy 'Channelling the warm heart and good cheer of Marian Keyes . . . very amusing' Irish Independent 'Exuberant. A brilliant, bubbly new voice' Irish Examiner 'A gloriously funny, bittersweet debut' Ireland of the Welcomes

Author : Brendan O'Carroll
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Dublin (Ireland)
ISBN : 0143000748

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The Granny by Brendan O'Carroll Pdf

Raising her rowdy brood of kids on her own didn't slow Agnes Browne down. Now they're all grown up and her eldest son, Mark, is about to become a father. As Agnes waits outside the maternity ward she hears a word that stops her dead in her tracks - 'Granny'. But she can't feel old as long as Pierre, her French lover, is in hot pursuit to turn her into a 'sexual animal'! Just as Agnes finds happiness, the lives of her kids start to fall apart. With one son in prison and another lonely in London, and her daughter trapped in an unhappy marriage, it seems that the Browne clan need their mammy more than ever. Agnes is no quitter and she confronts her personal crises determined to bring her family together again. Brendan O'Carroll is a captivating storyteller in the best Irish tradition and The Granny, the final novel of the acclaimed Mrs. Browne trilogy, will make you laugh out loud..

Author : Dipo Kalejaiye
Publisher : Publishamerica Incorporated
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1413747566

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Mammy-Water and Other Stories by Dipo Kalejaiye Pdf

This is a collection of eight short stories. Six of the stories relate to the theme of the supernatural and they deal with seemingly mundane issues which take on esoteric meanings within the natural and the supernatural African context. The remaining two stories do not pertain to the supernatural. Overall, they present a unique and creative way of looking at some recognizable aspects of West African or Yoruba world view.

Author : Brendan O'Carroll
Publisher : Plume
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2001-09-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0452157595

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Agnes Browne Trilogy by Brendan O'Carroll Pdf

The Agnes Browne Trilogy includes: * The Mammy * The Chisellers * The Granny