"An Array of Facts": Anti-Lynching Literature and Bibliographic Control.

The article discusses how anti-lynching literature and bibliographic control tried to change the representation of lynching as violence against African American men in the U.S. South. Other topics include the documentary tradition of said literature led by author Ida B. Wells, the justification of m...

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Publicado en:Criticism Vol. 66; no. 1; pp. 45 - 72
Autor principal: Squires, David
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wayne State University Press Winter2024
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Sumario:The article discusses how anti-lynching literature and bibliographic control tried to change the representation of lynching as violence against African American men in the U.S. South. Other topics include the documentary tradition of said literature led by author Ida B. Wells, the justification of mob violence in literature and the victims of white supremacy as inscribed in African American historicity.