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Author:

Wood, Amy Louise, 1967-

Title:

Lynching and spectacle : witnessing racial violence in America, 1890-1940 / Amy Louise Wood.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xiii, 349 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Lynching--United States--History.
Violence--United States--History.
Hate crimes--United States--History.
United States--History.--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-338) and index.

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.

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

ISBN:

0807832545 (alk. paper)
9780807832547 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)261173677

LCCN:

2008045194

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)