The Reconstruction of Uncle Tom
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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 explores why these were erected and the modern movements to take them down.
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Cheryl Thompson
Cheryl Thompson is an Assistant Professor at Ryerson University in Performance at The Creative School (formerly Creative Industries). She is author of Beauty in a Box: Detangling the Roots of Canada's Black Beauty Culture . She previously held a Banting postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto. Her work has appeared in The Conversation, Toronto Star, Montreal Gazette, Spacing, Herizons Magazine, Halifax Coast, and Rabble.ca . She was born and raised in Toronto, where she currently resides. She has also lived in the United States.
