Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
November 2007
Verlag
Univ Of California PrSeitenzahl
102
Maße (L/B/H)
20.5/16.2/1.4 cm
Gewicht
386 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-520-25152-6
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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