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Lynching and Leisure : Race and the Transformation of Mob Violence in Texas /

"Comprehensive study that traces how lynchings in Texas evolved from largely clandestine acts into racialized recreation in which crowd involvement became integral to the atrocities committed"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Scott, Terry Anne (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Sport and Hate
  • I. Mastery of the Mob
  • Chapter 1. "This Is a Land of White Man's Rule": Black Freedom Expressions, Mastery of the Mob, and the Postbellum Racialization of Crime
  • Chapter 2. "Black Brutes . . . Will Be Burned": Race, Gender, and the Uninterrupted Staging of Death by Burning
  • Chapter 3. "Love the Negroes, All Right, but in Their Place": Race, Work, Migration, and Lynching
  • II. For the People's Enjoyment
  • Chapter 4. "The Best Possible Views of the Torture": Experience, Enjoyment, and the Material Culture of Lynching
  • Chapter 5. "To See for Themselves": Technology, Tourism, and the Experiential Lynching
  • Chapter 6. "Lynchings, Not Bull Fights, Are Allowed in Texas": The African American Press, Lynching, and the Discourse of Leisure
  • Epilogue. Lynching, Then and Now
  • Appendix. List of Lynching Victims in Texas, 1866-1942
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author