Uncle Tom mania : slavery, minstrelsy, and transatlantic culture in the 1850s / by Sarah Meer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meer, Sarah, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. Uncle Tom's cabin.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896--Adaptations--History and criticism.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896--Appreciation--Great Britain.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896--Appreciation--United States.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896--Parodies, imitations, etc.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.

Adaptations.

Didactic fiction, American--History and criticism.

Didactic fiction, American.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896--Influence.

Uncle Tom (Fictitious character).

Uncle Tom.

African Americans in literature.

Fugitive slaves in literature.

Minstrel shows--History.

Minstrel shows.

Slavery in literature.

History.

United States.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

viii, 332 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2005]

Contents:

Topsy and the end man: blackface in Uncle Tom's Cabin

Minstrel variations: Uncle Toms in the minstrel show

Copycat critics: the anti-tom novel and the fugitive slave

Minstrelsy, melodrama, and reform drama: Uncle Tom plays in New York

Uncle Tom in London: British dramatizations

Tom mania in Britain: the Stafford House address and "real uncle toms"

Foreign manners and memories: Tom mania and transatlantic literature

Answering the "answers": Tom mania and Stowe's Dred.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-319) and indexes.

ISBN:

0820327360

0820327379

OCLC:

58729101