Playing the Race Card
Subtitle: Melodramas of Black and White from Uncle Tom to O. J. Simpson
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: September 3, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780691102832
Subjects: American studies; Black studies; Films, cinema; Popular culture; Racism & racial discrimination; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Sociology; Minority Studies - Race Relations; Social Science; Ethnic Issues; USA; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Popular Culture - General; American History; American Language and Literature; Film Studies; Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism; Discrimination & Racism
First sentence: In 1853, the year after she had become a celebrity with the publication of her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe embarked upon a tour of Europe.