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Lynching and spectacle : witnessing racial violence in America, 1890-1940 / Amy Louise Wood.
| Author/creator | Wood, Amy Louise, 1967- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009. |
| Description | xiii, 349 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | New directions in southern studies New directions in southern studies. ^A713052 |
| 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. |
| Abstract | 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 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-338) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008045194 |
| ISBN | 9780807832547 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0807832545 (alk. paper) |