Cultural History
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From ![]() The Reconstruction of Uncle TomFrom: Uncle |
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 |
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From ![]() NEW! The Round AmbassadorJenniferThe Sauce |
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 |
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From ![]() The Unbearable Whiteness of Oklahoma!From: Bigotry on Broadway |
The author explores the ways in which Okahoma! is about whiteness. | Soraya Nadia McDonald | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Theories in MotionMapping the Roots and Routes of a Rebel Generation From: Thinking While Black |
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 BlackTranslating the Politics and Popular Culture of a Rebel Generation |
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 |
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From ![]() Topsy-Turvy Dolls and Shirley TempleFrom: Uncle |
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 |
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From ![]() NEW! Two Writers Named KostashchukPart One From: Ghosts in a Photograph |
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 |
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From ![]() NEW! Two Writers Named KostashchukPart Two From: Ghosts in a Photograph |
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 |
![]() UncleRace, 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 | ||
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From ![]() Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima 2.0From: Uncle |
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 |
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From ![]() Uncle Tom and Black CapitalismFrom: Uncle |
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 |
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From ![]() Uncle Tom and EvaFrom: Uncle |
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 |
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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 ![]() 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 ![]() Uncle Tom’s CabinFrom: Uncle |
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 |
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From ![]() Vaudeville TomFrom: Uncle |
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 |








