Uncle Tom: from martyr to traitor

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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.

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Full title :Uncle Tom : from martyr to traitor / Adena Spingarn.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2018

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Stanford University Press
Place of Publication:Stanford, California
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2018

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xii, 252 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781503606098, 1503606090
DOI:10.1515/9781503606098
oclc:on1030438243
LC Classification:PS2954.U6
Dewey Decimal:813/.3

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.

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African Americans in literature African Americans in literature -- Hist… American literature -- Social aspects Criticism, interpretation, etc États-Unis -- Relations raciales History LITERARY CRITICISM -- American Literature -- Adaptations Littérature américaine -- Aspect social Noirs américains dans la littérature --… Race relations Racism Racism -- History. -- United States Racisme -- Histoire. -- États-Unis Stereotypes (Social psychology) in lite… Stereotypes (Social psychology) in lite… Stéréotypes dans la littérature -- Hist… Stowe, Harriet Beecher Uncle Tom,, (Fictitious character) Uncle Tom's cabin (Stowe, Harriet Beech…