商品簡介
This interesting volume on mob violence and lynching examines the acts against a more complex and nuanced backdrop of race relations in the American South than is often presented, and places them in a comparative global framework of similar violence. The work presents a series of case studies and is divided into three sections providing a deep definition of lynching, examining mob violence in terms of cultural change and discussing the changes in both the white and Black communities that led to its decline. Individual chapters discuss such topics as the processes of lynching around the world, cultural constructions of sex, savages and women and white elites' reactions to mob murders. Thurston, a professor of history at Miami University, Ohio is an expert on cultural and political terror. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Robert W. Thurston, Miami University, Ohio, USA