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Lynching Photographs (Defining Moments in American Photography) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Dora Apel, Shawn Michelle Smith
Publisher: University of California Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 70610
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 110
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.9 x 0.5
ISBN: 0520253329
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.134
EAN: 9780520253322
ASIN: 0520253329
Publication Date: January 5, 2008
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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 many communities it was a public event, to be witnessed, recorded, and made available by means of photographs. In this book, the art historian Dora Apel and the American Studies scholar Shawn Michelle Smith examine lynching photographs as a way of analyzing photography's historical role in promoting and resisting racial violence. They further suggest how these photographs continue to affect the politics of spectatorship. 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.
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Hung up on lynching. June 8, 2008
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
Yeah, well, how many books could there be about this topic? Morbidly fascinating. Nothing like having a well-rounded library, Dewey.
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