Title Uncle Tom : from martyr to traitor / Adena Spingarn

Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2018] ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 252 pages) : illustrations 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 4, 2018) Subject Uncle Tom (Fictitious character) Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. Uncle Tom's cabin. Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 -- Adaptations -- History and criticism SUBJECT Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 fast Uncle Tom (Fictitious character) fast Uncle Tom's cabin (Stowe, Harriet Beecher) fast Subject African Americans in literature -- History Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature -- History American literature -- Social aspects -- History Racism -- United States -- History LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. African Americans in literature American literature -- Social aspects Literature -- Adaptations Race relations Racism Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature SUBJECT United States -- Race relations -- History Subject United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781503606098 1503606090

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