Enduring Legacy : Rhetoric and Ritual of the Lost Cause.
Rhetoric and ritual commemorating war has been a part of human culture for ages. In & ldquo;Enduring Legacy, & rdquo; W. Stuart Towns explores the crucial role of rhetoric and oratory in creating and propagating a & ldquo;Lost Cause & rdquo; public memory of the American South. &...
| Основен автор: | Towns, W. Stuart. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
2012.
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Print version::
Enduring Legacy : Rhetoric and Ritual of the Lost Cause. |
Съдържание:
- 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.