Cultural History

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From The Reconstruction of Uncle Tom From: Uncle View Coach House Books	In this chapter, Thompson examines the "Mammy" figure, another stock character who was first depicted in Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The chapter also touches on Confederate monuments, and …	Cheryl Thompson	11	2021	$1.10 Add
From NEW! The Round AmbassadorJennifer The Sauce From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings View Coach House Books	Jennifer Jordan explores Austrian Dumplings and the 2005 appointment of the ‘Dumpling Manager’, dumpling maps of Upper Austria, dumplings ties to both elite and poverty cuisine, …	Jennifer Jordan	10	2022	$1.00 Add
From The Unbearable Whiteness of Oklahoma! From: Bigotry on Broadway View bar	The author explores the ways in which Okahoma! is about whiteness.	Soraya Nadia McDonald	10	2021	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Theories in Motion Mapping the Roots and Routes of a Rebel Generation From: Thinking While Black View Between The Lines	In this chapter the author introduced the work of Paul Gilroy, a British scholar of global African American Studies and Armond White, an American music and film critic.	Daniel McNeil	18	2022	$1.80 Add
NEW! Thinking While Black Translating the Politics and Popular Culture of a Rebel Generation Between The Lines	This uniquely interdisciplinary study of Black cultural critics Armond White and Paul Gilroy spans continents and decades of rebellion and revolution. Drawing on an eclectic mix of archival …	Daniel McNeil	222	2022	View
From Topsy-Turvy Dolls and Shirley Temple From: Uncle View Coach House Books	In this chapter, Thompson examines another character from Uncle Tom’s Cabin who became a stock figure, Topsy.	Cheryl Thompson	12	2021	$1.20 Add
From NEW! Two Writers Named Kostashchuk Part One From: Ghosts in a Photograph View NeWest Press	Chapter Two is about a writer named Vasyl (Andriovych) Kostashchuk, a writer and relative who remained in Galicia. Discussing his books Volodar dum selians’kykh (Ruler of Peasant Dreams) and Tam, …	Myrna Kostash	17	2022	$1.70 Add
From NEW! Two Writers Named Kostashchuk Part Two From: Ghosts in a Photograph View NeWest Press	Chapter Four focuses on the second Vasyl (Mykolaiovych) Kostashchuk, another relative unknown to them. Discussing his time as a sharpshooter in the post-Second-World-War underground army known as …	Myrna Kostash	13	2022	$1.30 Add
Uncle Race, Nostalgia, and the Politics of Loyalty	Jackie Robinson, President Barack Obama, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, O. J. Simpson and Christopher Darden have all been accused of being an Uncle Tom during their careers. How, why, …		272		View
From Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima 2.0 From: Uncle View Coach House Books	This chapter examines the recent re-branding of commercial caricatures such as Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima. Now silent trademark characters, they no longer speak in advertisements and are reduced …	Cheryl Thompson	13	2021	$1.30 Add
From Uncle Tom and Black Capitalism From: Uncle View Coach House Books	This chapter concerns the rise of Black conservatism in the 1980s and early 90s, as exemplified by figures such as Clarence Thomas.	Cheryl Thompson	23	2021	$2.30 Add
From Uncle Tom and Eva From: Uncle View Coach House Books	In this chapter, Thompson examines the illustrations that gave Uncle Tom’s Cabin much of its lasting appeal.	Cheryl Thompson	6	2021	$0.60 Add
From Uncle Tom on the Big Screen From: Uncle View Coach House Books	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
From Uncle Tom’s 1960s Transformation From: Uncle View Coach House Books	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
From Uncle Tom’s Cabin From: Uncle View Coach House Books	This chapter explores Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, which was an explosive success in antebellum America. It also examines Uncle Tom himself, who in the novel was a devout and pious …	Cheryl Thompson	8	2021	$0.80 Add
From Vaudeville Tom From: Uncle View Coach House Books	This chapter describes the evolution of minstrelsy into vaudeville, and how this new form of entertainment brought new meaning to the character of Uncle Tom.	Cheryl Thompson	7	2021	$0.70 Add