| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 252 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A manly hero -- Uncle Tom on the American stage -- Uncle Tom and Jim Crow -- Writing the old Negro -- Uncle Toms and new Negroes -- Writing off Uncle Tom -- Epilogue : twentieth-century Uncle Toms. |
| Summary |
This book tells the story of how Uncle Tom, the Christ-like protagonist of Uncle Tom's Cabin, became a racial epithet and why Americans have been invoking this controversial figure for more than 160 years. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Uncle Tom (Fictitious character)
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Uncle Tom (Fictitious character) |
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. Uncle Tom's cabin.
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 -- Adaptations -- History and criticism.
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. |
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Adaptations. |
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Uncle Tom's cabin (Stowe, Harriet Beecher) |
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African Americans in literature -- History.
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African Americans in literature. |
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History. |
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature -- History.
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature. |
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American literature -- Social aspects -- History.
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American literature -- Social aspects. |
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American literature. |
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United States -- Race relations -- History.
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United States. |
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Race relations. |
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Racism -- United States -- History.
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Racism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Subject |
Racism. |
| ISBN |
9781503606098 (electronic book) |
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1503606090 (electronic book) |
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9780804799157 |
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0804799156 |
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