Lynching and Leisure - Race and the Transformation of Mob Violence in Texas (Paperback)

In Lynching and Leisure, Terry Anne Scott examines how white Texans transformed lynching from a largely clandestine strategy of extralegal punishment into a form of racialized recreation in which crowd involvement was integral to the mode and methods of the violence. Scott powerfully documents how lynchings came to function not only as tools for debasing the status of Black people but also as highly anticipated occasions for entertainment, making memories with friends and neighbors, and reifying whiteness. In focusing on the sense of pleasure and normality that prevailed among the white spectatorship, this comprehensive study of Texas lynchings sheds new light on the practice understood as one of the chief strategies of racial domination in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century South.

General

Imprint:	University of Arkansas Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2022
Authors:	Terry Anne Scott
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	400
ISBN-13:	978-1-68226-218-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Multicultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	1-68226-218-9
Barcode:	9781682262184

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