Joy Jordan-Lake examines the ways in which antebellum women novelists tried to counter Harriet Beecher Stoweís enormously popular
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by preaching a ìtheology of whitenessî from within the pages of the books – but were ultimately undermined by their own proslavery agendas. Including a discussion of twentieth- and twenty-first-century novels that revisit plantation mythology,
Whitewashing Uncle Tom’s Cabin casts new light on the ethical and moral disaster of securing one groupís economic strength at the expense of other groupsí access to dignity, compassion, and justice.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by preaching a ìtheology of whitenessî from within the pages of the books – but were ultimately undermined by their own proslavery agendas. Including a discussion of twentieth- and twenty-first-century novels that revisit plantation mythology,
Whitewashing Uncle Tom’s Cabin casts new light on the ethical and moral disaster of securing one groupís economic strength at the expense of other groupsí access to dignity, compassion, and justice.
About the author
Joy Jordan-Lake holds graduate degrees in theology and literature. She formerly taught English at Baylor University and is currently writing and teaching part time at Belmont University in Nashville.Buy this ebook and get 1 more FREE!
Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 232 ● ISBN 9780826591890 ● File size 1.1 MB ● Publisher Vanderbilt University Press ● Published 2005 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 7641697 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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