{"product_id":"gruesome-looking-objects-a-new-history-of-lynching-and-everyday-things-hardback-9781316514023","title":"Gruesome Looking Objects; A New History of Lynching and Everyday Things (Hardback) 9781316514023","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGruesome Looking Objects\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA New History of Lynching and Everyday Things\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis original and provocative study uses objects—made, collected, and imagined—to examine lynching and racial terror.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElijah Gaddis (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781316514023, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 November 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e212 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 2 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Gruesome Looking Objects offers a rich analysis of the material culture surrounding racist violence. Through a case study of one lynching, Gaddis deftly demonstrates how the ordinary objects used in and generated from a lynching served to normalize atrocity and embed it in everyday life. This is an innovative and smart book.' Amy Louise Wood, author of Lynching and Spectacle: Witnessing Racial Violence in America, 1890-1940\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Fragments\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Article\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Letter\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Clothes\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Tree\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Hammer and Chisel\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Song\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Archival Remains.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913165365528,"sku":"9781316514023","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781316514023i.jpg?v=1696681663","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/gruesome-looking-objects-a-new-history-of-lynching-and-everyday-things-hardback-9781316514023","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}