Feimster, Crystal Nicole

Southern horrors : women and the politics of rape and lynching text Crystal N. Feimster - Cambridge Harvard University Press 2009 - 314p. Hbk

Includes bibliographical references and index.



The horrors of war -- The violent transition from freedom to segregation -- Southern white women and the anti-rape movement -- Organizing in defense of black womanhood -- New southern women and the triumph of white supremacy -- The lynching of black and white women -- Equal rights for southern women -- The gender and racial politics of the anti-lynching movement.

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Women - Violence against - Southern States - History
African Americans - Southern States - History
Women - Southern States - Social conditions - History
Southern States - Social conditions - History
Lynching - Southern States - History
Rape - Southern States - History
Felton, Rebecca Latimer, 1835-1930
Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931

364.134 FEI