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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465548003321

Autore

Towns W. Stuart <1939->

Titolo

Enduring legacy [[electronic resource] ] : rhetoric and ritual of the lost cause / / W. Stuart Towns

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2012

ISBN

0-8173-8581-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Disciplina

973.7/13

Soggetti

Group identity - Southern States

Speeches, addresses, etc., American - Southern States - History and criticism

English language - Southern States - Rhetoric

Memory - Social aspects - Southern States

Oratory - Southern States - History

Electronic books.

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Influence

Southern States Civilization

Confederate States of America History

Southern States Languages History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Rhetoric, celebration, and ritual: building a collective memory in the postwar South -- Remembering 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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 crea