Cultural History
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From  Uncle Tom on the Big ScreenFrom: Uncle |
This chapter explores the first on-screen depiction of Uncle Tom. He was portrayed by a white actor in blackface in a film made by Thomas Edison. | Cheryl Thompson | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From  When You Mess with Creation Myths, the Knives Come OutFrom: Bigotry on Broadway |
Tha author recounts his experiences and thoughts after having written and produced his play The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda and critiques the popular play Hamilton. | Ishmael Reed | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 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  NEW! Man in a PhotographFrom: Ghosts in a Photograph |
Chapter Nine focuses on Stepan Fedorovych Kostashchuk, a distant relative in Ukraine. Discussing his participation with the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), their role as Nazi collaboraters, … | Myrna Kostash | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
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From Responding to Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson & Claiming the Power of Native VoiceFrom: Bigotry on Broadway |
The author recounts her shock and offense at the play Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, which, as she explores in this essay, is ahistorical and includes racist and problematic represenations of … | Betsy Theobald Richards | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Wonton of JoyThe Filling |
Arlene Chan discusses her connection to Cantonises food and in particular the wonton, her family’s Kwong Chow Chop Suey Restaurant in Toronto, the annual ritual of making dumplings for … | Arlene Chan | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From Dance and Song Before StoryWas Flower Drum Song a Phantasy? From: Bigotry on Broadway |
Ishmael Reed interviews Shawn Wong regarding anti-Asian racism in Flower Drum Song, other theatre productions, and the industry at large. | Shawn Wong | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From NEW! Potatoes, Beans, and a Reluctant CookThe Filling |
Chantal Braganza reflects on her grandmothers ‘potato chops’, the Goan food of her father, the Portuguese influence on Indian food in the city of Goa, cooking as a gesture of love, … | Chantal Braganza | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 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 |
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From NEW! YuriVersions of a Murder From: Ghosts in a Photograph |
Chapter Ten is about Yuri Kosovan, the author’s maternal great uncle. Describing his death, the four varying tales of his death at the hands of either “bandyty” (bandits), UPA, Banderivtsi … | Myrna Kostash | 22 | 2022 | $2.20 Add |
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From Oklahoma!: As American as Apple Pie and Broken TreatiesFrom: Bigotry on Broadway |
The author examines the racism and bigotry in Oklahoma!. | David Yearsley | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! Eternal Memory вічная пам’ять Vichnaia Pamiat’From: Ghosts in a Photograph |
Chapter Eleven focuses on the lasting memory of her forbearers reflecting on their lives and deaths in both their birth places and their adopted homes of Canada. | Myrna Kostash | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From NEW! The Hong Kong Bakery’s Magic DoorThe Filling |
Naomi Duguid reflects on her love for the food of Hong Kong, her tai chi instructor Madame Tsang, the Hong Kong Bakery, and jiaozi. | Naomi Duguid | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From Uncle Tom’s 1960s TransformationFrom: Uncle |
This chapter focuses on the 1950s and 60s, a time of events that would forever define both the civil rights protests and the state-sanctioned violance that followed. During this era, Uncle Tom … | Cheryl Thompson | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! CodaOn the Land From: Ghosts in a Photograph |
The conclusion reflects on the author’s life since buying her parents farm, writing her books, connecting two both her identities as Ukrainian and as Canadian, settler colonialism, and … | Myrna Kostash | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 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 |
