{"product_id":"lynching-and-spectacle-witnessing-racial-violence-in-america-1890-1940-paperback","title":"Lynching and Spectacle: Witnessing Racial Violence in America, 1890-1940 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmy Louise Wood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLynch mobs in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America exacted horrifying public torture and mutilation on their victims. In \u003ci\u003eLynching and Spectacle\u003c\/i\u003e, Amy Wood explains what it meant for white Americans to perform and witness these sadistic spectacles and how lynching played a role in establishing and affirming white supremacy. Lynching, Wood argues, overlapped with a variety of cultural practices and performances, both traditional and modern, including public executions, religious rituals, photography, and cinema, all which encouraged the horrific violence and gave it social acceptability. However, she also shows how the national dissemination of lynching images ultimately fueled the momentum of the antilynching movement and the decline of the practice. Using a wide range of sources, including photos, newspaper reports, pro- and antilynching pamphlets, early films, and local city and church records, Wood reconfigures our understanding of lynching's relationship to modern life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWood expounds on the critical role lynching spectacles played in establishing and affirming white supremacy at the turn of the century, particularly in towns and cities experiencing great social instability and change. She also shows how the national dissemination of lynching images fueled the momentum of the antilynching movement and ultimately led to the decline of lynching. 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWood 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52617745400115,"sku":"9780807871973","price":71.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OE1yL2ViYnZEM2tZTGMzMlI0U3kvZz09.webp?v=1761893779","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/lynching-and-spectacle-witnessing-racial-violence-in-america-1890-1940-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}