Lynching and Spectacle Witnessing Racial Violence in America, 1890-1940 |
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| Author:
| Wood, Amy Louise |
| Series title: | New Directions in Southern Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-3254-7 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2009 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $46.95 |
Book Description:
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Wood explains what it meant for white Americans to perform and witness sadistic spectacles of lynching and how lynching played a role in establishing and affirming white supremacy. She also reveals how the national dissemination of lynching images ultimately fueled the momentum of the antilynching movement and the decline of the practice.
Wood explains what it meant for white Americans to perform and witness sadistic spectacles of lynching and how lynching played a role in establishing and affirming white supremacy. She also reveals how the national dissemination of lynching images ultimately fueled the momentum of the antilynching movement and the decline of the practice.