Cheryl Thompson
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From  A Politically Correct Uncle Tom and an In-Your-Face TopsyFrom: Uncle |
In this chapter, Thompson explores the meanings of the made-for-TV movie version of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. | Cheryl Thompson | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From Advertising Black BuddiesFrom: Uncle |
This chapter explores the career of Michael Jordan, who Thompson suggests was used to sell white America not just consumer products, but also a squeaky-clean image of Black masculinity. | Cheryl Thompson | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From Amos ‘n’ AndyFrom: Uncle |
In this chapter, Thompson explores the role of radio in perpetuating caricatures of Blackness. | Cheryl Thompson | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From Aunt Jemima in ChicagoFrom: Uncle |
In this chapter, Thompson explores the meaning of Uncle Tom within the context of the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893. Here, Thompson suggests, Americans became increasingly obsessed … | Cheryl Thompson | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
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From Barack Obama and the Paradox of Black Political PowerFrom: Uncle |
This chapter examines the career of Barack Obama, whose presidential campaign was marked by accusations of disloyalty to the Black community. | Cheryl Thompson | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
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From ConclusionThe Immortal Uncle Tom From: Uncle |
In the concluding chapter, Thompson summarizes her arguments, and suggests that Uncle Tom is quite possibly the most resilient figure in American history. | Cheryl Thompson | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From Good Times’ CoonfooleryFrom: Uncle |
In this chapter, Thompson writes about depictions of African Americans on television, especially in shows written and produced by Norman Lear. | Cheryl Thompson | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From Harry Belafonte and Sidney PoitierFrom: Uncle |
In this chapter, Thompson examines the careers of several important Black actors whose characters were not "stranded in cinematic slavery." | Cheryl Thompson | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From IntroductionFrom: Uncle |
In the introduction, the author discusses her lifelong fascination with the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. | Cheryl Thompson | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From Minstrel Show TomFrom: Uncle |
This chapter examines the phenomenon of minstrelsy, and how Uncle Tom came to be depicted in minstrel shows. | Cheryl Thompson | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From O.J. Simpson, a Passing UncleFrom: Uncle |
In this chapter, Thompson explores the O.J. Simpson trial, which she calls "a symbolic clash between a ‘real’ Black man on trial for his life and an ‘Uncle Tom’ Black … | Cheryl Thompson | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From RastusFrom: Uncle |
This chapter examines Rastus, an Uncle Tom-like figure who was featured in several early silent films. The character later appeared in advertisements for Cream of Wheat. | Cheryl Thompson | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Remembering Uncle Tom’s CabinFrom: The Ward Uncovered |
Cheryl Thompson | 9 | 2018 | $0.90 Add | |
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From Sambo and Uncle RemusFrom: Uncle |
This chapter explores the creation and career of two other stock characters: Sambo and Uncle Remus, both of whom share important charactaristics with Uncle Tom. | Cheryl Thompson | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From Sleeping Car Porters and Uncle BenFrom: Uncle |
This chapter examines railway sleeping cars, the Black men who served as porters to tourists on the rails, and how these men were forced to conform to the Uncle Tom stereotype. | Cheryl Thompson | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From Song of the South and Uncle Remus’s ReturnFrom: Uncle |
This chapter explores Song of the South, a 1944 Disney movie that featured Uncle Remus. | Cheryl Thompson | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
