Lynching Photographs (Defining Moments in American Photography)
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (755 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520253329 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 110 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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They show us how the images change when viewed from different perspectives, they reveal how the photographs have continued to affect popular culture and political debates, and they delineate how the pictures produce a dialectic of shame and atonement."—Ashraf H. A. Rushdy, author of Neo-Slave Narratives and Remembering Generations"This thoughtful and engaging book offers a highly accessible yet theoretically sophisticated discussion of a painful, complicated, and unavoidable subject. Apel and Smith, employing complementary (and sometimes overlapping) methodological approaches to reading these images, impress upon us how inextricable photography and lynching are, and how we cannot comprehend lynching without making sense of its photographic representations."—Leigh Raiford, co-editor of The Civil Rights Movement in American Memory"Our newspapers have recently been filled with photographs of mutilated,
Why do we look at lynching photographs? What is the basis for our curiosity, rage, indignation, or revulsion? Beginning in the late nineteenth century, nearly five thousand blacks were put to death at the hands of lynch mobs throughout America. In clear prose, and with carefully chosen images, the authors chart the history of lynching photographs—their meanings, uses, and controversial display—and offer terms in which to understand our responsibilities as viewers and citizens.. In many communities it was a public event, to be witnessed, recorded, and ma
Very small book100 pages There are about 5 or 6 photos.Pages 1- 10 Introduction.The 5 or 6 photos are repeated once or twice.The last 30 pages are notes.I'm going to try a different book.. Americans lynching Americans One thing that has managed to avoid the standard history books of the United States is the way that African Americans were denied basic human rights from the end of slavery times until federal legislation finally was passed by the congress during the Lyndon Johnson administration. My parents lived during this difficult time, and they always knew that "lynching" of fellow African Americans was a very real "current" event. johnnie Bell Jr. said Great History Book. This book has great historical accounts of the subject matter. I was disappointed that it doesn't have very many pictures.