Gruesome Looking Objects: A New History of Lynching and Everyday Things

Gruesome Looking Objects: A New History of Lynching and Everyday Things

by Elijah Gaddis
Gruesome Looking Objects: A New History of Lynching and Everyday Things

Gruesome Looking Objects: A New History of Lynching and Everyday Things

by Elijah Gaddis

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Overview

The 1898 lynching of Tom Johnson and Joe Kizer is retold in this groundbreaking book. Unlike other histories of lynching that rely on conventional historical records, this study focuses on the objects associated with the lynching, including newspaper articles, fragments of the victims' clothing, photographs, and souvenirs such as sticks from the hanging tree. This material culture approach uncovers how people tried to integrate the meaning of the lynching into their everyday lives through objects. These seemingly ordinary items are repositories for the comprehension, interpretation, and commemoration of racial violence and white supremacy. Elijah Gaddis showcases an approach to objects as materials of history and memory, insisting that we live in a world suffused with the material traces of racial violence, past and present.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781009084833
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/17/2022
Series: Cambridge Studies on the American South
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 8 MB

About the Author

Elijah Gaddis is Assistant Professor of History at Auburn University, and the co-director of A Red Record, a comprehensive mapping of lynching victims in the American South.

Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction: Fragments; 1. The Article; 2. The Letter; 3. The Clothes; 4. The Tree; 5. The Hammer and Chisel; 6. The Song; Conclusion: Archival Remains.
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