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Towns W. Stuart <1939-> |
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Titolo |
Enduring legacy [[electronic resource] ] : rhetoric and ritual of the lost cause / / W. Stuart Towns |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (210 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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