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Lynch mobs in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America exacted horrifying public torture and mutilation on their victims. In Lynching and Spectacle, Amy Wood explains what it meant for white Americans to perform and witness these sadistic spectacles and how lynching played a role in establishing and affirming white supremacy. Lynching, Wood argues, overlapped with a variety of cultural practices and performances, both traditional and modern, including public executions, religious rituals, photography, and cinema, all which encouraged the horrific violence and gave it social

Lynching --- Violence --- Hate crimes --- Lynchage --- Crimes haineux --- History. --- Histoire --- Etats-Unis --- United States --- Race relations --- Relations raciales --- Bias crimes --- Bias-related crimes --- Hate-motivated crimes --- Hate offenses --- Crime --- Homicide --- Anti-lynching movements --- Griffith, David Wark

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Much of the violence that has been associated with the United States has had particular salience for the South, from its high homicide rates, or its bloody history of racial conflict, to southerners' popular attachment to guns and traditional support for capital punishment. With over 95 entries, this volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture explores the most significant forms and many of the most harrowing incidences of violence that have plagued southern society over the past 300 years.

Violence --- Southern States --- Social conditions --- Race relations