| Description |
xxxi, 227 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
"A previous version of chapter 3 was published as 'Collective memory, credibility structures, and the case of Tawana Brawley,' Discourse 22, no. 1 (2000): 31-52"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-216) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : on memory and meaning -- Antilynching and the struggle for meaning -- Cinematic lynchings -- Lynching as lens : contemporary racialized violence -- The Hill-Thomas hearings and the meaning of a "high-tech lynching" -- Conclusion : not just memory. |
| Subject |
Lynching -- United States.
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Lynching. |
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United States. |
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United States -- Race relations.
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Race relations. |
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African Americans -- Violence against.
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African Americans -- Violence against. |
| ISBN |
0816639949 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0816639957 paperback alkaline paper |
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