In the wake of our reading of LIA and anticipating our first stab at AA, check out this fascinating post from the excellent Pop South blog.  It details “Mammy’s Cupboard,” a cafe located near Natchez, MS (my mom’s hometown: I’ve seen it many times) that’s in the shape of a tray-bearing woman.  Not to steal the post’s thunder, but this object captures a lot of the grotesque aspects of race and gender in the South, especially when considering the history Prof. Cox outlines in the mini-essay.