Format:
1 online resource (210 pages)
ISBN:
9780817385811
Content:
Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Rhetoric and ritual commemorating war has been a part of human culture for ages. In Enduring Legacy,W. Stuart Towns explores the crucial role of rhetoric and oratory in creating and propagating a "Lost Cause" public memory of the American South. Enduring Legacy explores the vital place of ceremonial oratory in the oral tradition in the South. It analyses how rituals such as Confederate Memorial Day, Confederate veteran reunions, and dedication of Confederate monuments have contributed to creating and sustaining a Lost Cause paradigm for Southern identity. Towns studies in detail secessionist and Civil War speeches and how they laid the groundwork for future generations, including Southern responses to the civil rights movement, and beyond. The Lost Cause orators that came after the Civil War, Towns argues, helped to shape a lasting mythology of the brave Confederate martyr, and the Southern positions for why the Confederacy lost and who was to blame. Innumerable words were spent-in commemorative speeches, newspaper editorials, and statehouse oratory-condemning the evils of Reconstruction, redemption, reconciliation, and the new and future South. Towns concludes with an analysis of how Lost Cause myths still influence Southern and national perceptions of the region today, as evidenced in debates over the continued deployment of the Confederate flag and the popularity of Civil War re-enactments.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Rhetoric, Celebration, and Ritual: Building a Collective Memory in the Postwar South -- 2. Remembering the Confederacy: Ceremony in the Postwar South, 1865-1920s -- 3. The Road to Secession and War: The Oratorical Defense of the Confederacy and the Old South -- 4. Creating the Myths of the War: Martyrs and Scapegoats of the Confederacy -- 5. Creating the Myths of Reconstruction, Redemption, Reconciliation, and the New and Future South: The Rest of the Story -- 6. The Persistence of a Myth: The Lost Cause in the Modern South -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Rhetoric, celebration, and ritual: building a collective memory in the postwar SouthRemembering the Confederacy: ceremony in the postwar South, 1865-1920s -- The road to secession and war: the oratorical defense of the Confederacy and the Old South -- Creating the myths of the war: martyrs and scapegoats of the Confederacy -- Creating the myths of Reconstruction, redemption, reconciliation, and the new and future South: the rest of the story -- The persistence of a myth: the lost cause in the modern South.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817317522
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780817317522
Language:
English
Keywords:
USA
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Sezessionskrieg
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Nationalbewusstsein
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Rhetorik
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Geschichte 1865-2011
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