Shuler Jack The Thirteenth Turn: A History of the Noose 9781610391368

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Автор: Shuler Jack
Название: The Thirteenth Turn: A History of the Noose
ISBN: 9781610391368
Издательство: Little Brown
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История Америк

История 20 века: с 1900 по 2000

Насилие в обществе

Исследования азиатских и африканских этнических групп

ISBN-10: 1610391365
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 400
Вес: 0.61 кг.
Дата издания: 26.08.2014
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: B/w photos throughout
Размер: 239 x 158 x 38
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Подзаголовок: A history of the noose
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Поставляется из: Европейский союз
Описание: The hangmans knot is a simple thing to tie, just a rope carefully coiled around itself up to thirteen times. But in those thirteen turns lie a powerful symbol, one of the most powerful in history, and particularly in America, whose relationship to the noose is all too deep and complicated.
Our history with hangings is shockingly recent. The last man to be hanged in the United States was Billy Bailey, who was executed in Delaware in 1996 for committing a double murder. Hanging has since been disallowed in that state, but it is still legal, in certain situations, in New Hampshire and Washington. An incident in Jena, Louisiana, in 2006, in which nooses were used to symbolically menace black students, is a fresh reminder of just how potent this emblem of racism and savage violence still is.
All that meaning, and all that history, is a lot to see in a coiled rope. But the fact is, that meaning is felt by all of us. And Jack Shuler, a professor of American literature and black studies, is the right man to explore it: from Judas Iscariot, perhaps the most infamous hanged man, to the killing of Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, the murderers at the heart of Capotes In Cold Blood, and beyond. Shuler goes era by era, tracing the evolution of this dark practice in episodes, and revealing the ways each one impacted the society around it. As he investigates the death of John Brown and the 1930 lynching that inspired the song Strange Fruit, his travels take him across America--and not just the South--uncovering our deep secrets and searching for meaning.
Shulers account is a kind of shadow history of America: for all the celebrated strides weve made towards integration and harmony, those victories are hollow without an appreciation for what they vanquished. The Thirteenth Turn is a courageous and searching book that reminds us where we come from, and what is lost if we forget.

The Thirteenth Turn: A History of the Noose, Shuler Jack