Uncle Tom's Cabin as Visual Culture
Author | : Jo-Ann Morgan |
Publisher | : University of Missouri Press |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2007 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780826217158 |
ISBN-13 | : 082621715X |
Rating | : 4/5 (15X Downloads) |
Download or read book Uncle Tom's Cabin as Visual Culture written by Jo-Ann Morgan and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Examines the artwork of Hammatt Billings, George Cruikshank, Winslow Homer, Eastman Johnson, Henry Ossawa Tanner, and Thomas Satterwhite Noble to show how, as Uncle Tom's Cabin gained popularity, visual strategies were used to coax the subversive potential of Stowe's work back within accepted boundaries that reinforced social hierarchies"--Provided by publisher.