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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Mathews, Donald G.
Titre(s) : At the altar of lynching [Texte imprimé] : burning Sam Hose in the American South / Donald G. Mathews, ...
Édition : 1st ed.
Publication : New York (N. Y.) : Cambridge University Press, 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (IX-347 p.) ; 23 cm
Collection : Cambridge studies on the American South
Lien à la collection : Cambridge studies on the American South
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 285-332. Index
"The story of a black day-laborer called Sam Hose killing his white employer in a
workplace dispute ended in a lynching of enormous religious significance. For many
deeply-religious communities in the Jim Crow South, killing those like Sam Hose restored
balance to a moral cosmos upended by a heinous crime. A religious intensity in the
mood and morality of segregation surpassed law, and in times of social crisis could
justify illegal white violence--even to the extreme act of lynching. In At the Altar
of Lynching, distinguished historian Donald G. Mathews offers a new interpretation
of the murder of Sam Hose, which places the religious culture of the evangelical South
at its center. He carefully considers how mainline Protestants, especially women,
not only in many instances came to support or accept lynching, but gave the act religious
meaning and justification"--Provided by publisher
Sujet(s) : Hose, Sam (1875-1899)
Lynchage -- Religion -- États-Unis (sud) -- 19e siècle
Lynchage -- Société -- États-Unis (sud) -- 19e siècle
Noirs américains -- Violence envers -- États-Unis (sud) -- 19e siècle
Genre ou forme : Études de cas
Indice(s) Dewey :
364.973 (23e éd.) = Criminologie - États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107182974. - ISBN 1107182972. - ISBN 9781316633984. - ISBN 1316633985. -
ISBN 9781316873625 (erroné) (PDF ebook) (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45695503p
Notice n° :
FRBNF45695503
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Table des matières : Introduction : lynching and altars : family memory ; Before the burning : Southern
mastery ; Sex, danger, and religion : facing a "savage fury" ; Kindling for the
fire ; Burning Sam Hose ; After the fury : rape and history ; After the fury :
the blind and the sighted ; At the altar : crucifixion.
