Today what i would like to talk about is the way in which women themselves participated in that dialogue. Some people want to know what have,uthern white women particularly in the 1890s when it was at its height. How did black women begin to critique the systematic violence perpetrated against their brothers, fathers and friends. In this lecture, im going to spend time comparing a woman name Rebecca Latin america felton with ida b wells. Largely the lecture will be on ida b wells. Let me just give you a little bit of reminder about what we examined when it came to lynching. Two or three black southerners were lynched per week whether they were burned or mutilated or shot, we examined how those lynchings are ritualistic, and they follow a certain pattern. We look at the ethical nature of lynching and how it became a southern phenomenon. We looked at the entire Cottage Industry of photographs sold as souvenirs, the way these photographs were made into postcards. People were posing in the
Southerners, politicians are using gendered rhetoric. We talked about the white demagogues and how sexuality and race were used to create support. We talked about the myth of the black rapist. The idea that white women were passive and virtuous, outside of the maledominated political sphere, the rape of white women was seen as an assault on white honor. We sat through all of birth of a nation. That includes the classic trope. We looked at the mythology of reconstruction. There is the scene where the white daughter of the southern family is stocked by gus, the former Union Soldier and black criminal. She throws herself off the cliffs rather than be raped. The the klan comes to rescue. That movie we were looking at an example of that trope. Today what i would like to talk about is the way in which women themselves participated in that dialogue. Some people want to know what did southern white women have, particularly in the 1890s when it was at its height. How did black women begin to cr
Leasing. Last wednesday, we looked at the practices and patterns of lynching. We talked about how white southerners, politicians are using gendered rhetoric. We talked about the white demagogues and how sexuality and race were used to create support. Political support among white men. We talked extensively about the myth of the black rapist. And how that evolved around the idea that white women were passive and virtuous, outside of the maledominated political sphere, the suppose it rate of white women. Rape of white women. We sat through all of birth of a nation. That includes the classic trope. We looked at the mythology of reconstruction. There is the scene where the white daughter of the southern family is stocked by gus, the black criminal. She throws herself off the cliffs rather than be raped. In that particular movie, we were looking at an example of that trope. Today what i would like to talk about is the way in which women themselves participated in that dialogue. Some people
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