Lynching performances, theatres of violence

Text and Performance Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-37

  Fuoss, Kirk W ^a  

^a ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural performance; Historical performance; Lynching; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040245261     PISSN: 10462937     EISSN: 14795760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10462939909366245     Document Type: Article

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