Enduring legacy : rhetoric and ritual of the lost cause / / W. Stuart Towns
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| Autore: |
Towns W. Stuart <1939->
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| Titolo: |
Enduring legacy : rhetoric and ritual of the lost cause / / W. Stuart Towns
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| Pubblicazione: | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (210 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.7/13 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Influence |
| Southern States Civilization | |
| Confederate States of America History | |
| Southern States Languages History | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Enduring legacy |
| ISBN: | 0-8173-8581-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910826522203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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