| Description |
314 p., [10] p. of plates : ill ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The horrors of war -- The violent transition from freedom to segregation -- Southern white women and the anti-rape movement -- Organizing in defense of black womanhood -- New southern women and the triumph of white supremacy -- The lynching of black and white women -- Equal rights for southern women -- The gender and racial politics of the anti-lynching movement. |
| Summary |
"Between 1880 and 1930, close to 200 women were murdered by lynch mobs in the American South. Many more were tarred and feathered, burned, whipped, or raped. In this brutal world of white supremacist politics and patriarchy, a world violently divided by race, gender, and class, black and white women defended themselves and challenged the male power brokers. Crystal Feimster breaks new ground in her story of the racial politics of the postbellum South by focusing on the volatile issue of sexual violence."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
Women -- Violence against -- Southern States -- History.
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Women -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- History.
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Southern States -- Social conditions -- History.
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Rape -- Southern States -- History.
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African Americans -- Southern States -- History.
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Felton, Rebecca Latimer, 1835-1930.
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Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931.
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Lynching -- Southern States -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780674035621 |
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0674035623 |
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