Living with lynching : African American lynching plays, performance, and citizenship, 1890-1930 / Koritha Mitchell.

Author: Mitchell, Koritha.

Imprint:Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2011.

Descriptionxii, 251 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:Introduction : whose evidence? which account? -- Making lynching drama and its contributions legible. Scenes and scenarios: reading aright -- Redefining "black theater" -- Developing a genre, asserting black citizenship. The black soldier: elevating community conversation -- The black lawyer: preserving testimony -- The black mother/wife: negotiating trauma -- The pimp and coward: offering gendered revisions -- Conclusion : documenting black performance: key considerations

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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