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The lynching of blacks in the United States of America – Photographs as historical memories
Giovanni Corvino, Claudia Bommino
Turin University
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Abstract
According to the literature, photographs of human lynching had an important role in supporting the practice and the predisposition to photographing. This act was globally common.
The aim of this brief paper is to understand why photographs of blacks lynching by whites were so important in the United States of America, especially in the South.
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Article Information
Title
The lynching of blacks in the United States of America – Photographs as historical memories
Type
Article
Published in
Journal
27. November 2017
DOI Identifier
10.17160/josha.4.6.363
Language
English
Journal
Vol 4 Issue 6
Categories
Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Authors
Giovanni Corvino1, Claudia Bommino
Affiliations
1
Turin University
This article is open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Giovanni Corvino et al. (2017). "The lynching of blacks in the United States of America – Photographs as historical memories". JOSHA Journal. DOI: 10.17160/josha.4.6.363.