Uncle Tom : from martyr to traitor
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Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2018.
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LC Subjects
African Americans in literature -- History.
American literature -- Social aspects -- History.
Racism -- United States -- History.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature -- History.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, -- 1811-1896 -- Adaptations -- History and criticism.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, -- 1811-1896. -- Uncle Tom's cabin.
Uncle Tom -- (Fictitious character)
United States -- Race relations -- History.
American literature -- Social aspects -- History.
Racism -- United States -- History.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature -- History.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, -- 1811-1896 -- Adaptations -- History and criticism.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, -- 1811-1896. -- Uncle Tom's cabin.
Uncle Tom -- (Fictitious character)
United States -- Race relations -- History.
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Published
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2018.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
252 pages cm
Language
English
UPC
14735560
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
Uncle Tom charts the dramatic cultural transformation of perhaps the most controversial literary character in American history. From his origins as the heroic, Christ-like protagonist of Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery novel, the best-selling book of the nineteenth century after the Bible, Uncle Tom has become a widely recognized epithet for a black person deemed so subservient to whites that he betrays his race. Readers have long noted that Stowe's character is not the traitorous sycophant that his name connotes today. Adena Spingarn traces his evolution in the American imagination, offering the first comprehensive account of a figure central to American conversations about race and racial representation from 1852 to the present. We learn of the radical political potential of the novel's many theatrical spinoffs even in the Jim Crow era, Uncle Tom's breezy disavowal by prominent voices of the Harlem Renaissance, and a developing critique of "Uncle Tom roles" in Hollywood. Within the stubborn American binary of black and white, citizens have used this rhetorical figure to debate the boundaries of racial difference and the legacy of slavery. Through Uncle Tom, black Americans have disputed various strategies for racial progress and defined the most desirable and harmful images of black personhood in literature and popular culture.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Spingarn, A. (2018). Uncle Tom: from martyr to traitor . Stanford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Spingarn, Adena, 1981-. 2018. Uncle Tom: From Martyr to Traitor. Stanford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Spingarn, Adena, 1981-. Uncle Tom: From Martyr to Traitor Stanford University Press, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Spingarn, Adena. Uncle Tom: From Martyr to Traitor Stanford University Press, 2018.
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