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Lynching Photographs (Defining Moments in American Photography)
Lynching Photographs - Defining Moments in American Photography
Author: Dora Apel, Shawn Michelle Smith
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 p...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520253322
ISBN-10: 0520253329
Publication Date: 1/5/2008
Pages: 110
Edition: 1
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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