Title:
Lynching and spectacle : witnessing racial violence in America, 1890-1940
Author:
Wood, Amy Louise, 1967-
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Publication Information:
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2009]
©2009
Physical Description:
xiii, 349 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Summary:
By examining lynching spectacles alongside both traditional and modern practices and within both local and national contexts, Wood reconfigures our understanding of lynching's relationship to modern life. --from publisher description
Language:
English
Contents:
They want to see the thing done : public executions -- A hell of fire upon earth : religion -- The spectator has a picture in his mind to remember for a long time : photography -- They never witnessed such a melodrama : early moving pictures -- With the roar of thunder : The birth of a nation -- We wanted to be boosters and not knockers : photography and antilynching activism -- Bring home to America what mob violence really means : Hollywood's spectacular indictment.
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ISBN:
9780807832547
Format :
Book
