Race, Rape, and Lynching: The Red Record of American Literature, 1890-1912 by Sandra Gunning

Race, Rape, and Lynching: The Red Record of American Literature, 1890-1912

Race and American Culture

Sandra Gunning

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In the late nineteenth century, the stereotype of the black male as sexual beast functioned for white supremacists as an externalized symbol of social chaos against which all whites would unite for the purpose of national renewal. The emergence of...

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