Interpreting sacred ground : the rhetoric of national Civil War parks and battlefields / J. Christian Spielvogel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spielvogel, J. Christian (John Christian), 1969-

Series:

Albma Rhetoric Cult & Soc Crit

Rhetoric, culture, and social critique

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields--Conservation and restoration.

United States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields--Study and teaching.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Study and teaching.

United States--Race relations--History--19th century.

United States. National Park Service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Interpreting Sacred Ground is a rhetorical analysis of Civil War battlefields and parks, and the ways various commemorative traditions-and their ideologies of race, reconciliation, emancipation, and masculinity-compete for dominance. The National Park Service (NPS) is known for its role in the preservation of public sites deemed to have historic, cultural, and natural significance. In Interpreting Sacred Ground, J. Christian Spielvogel studies the NPS's secondary role as an interpreter or creator of meaning at such sites, specifically Gettysburg Nationa

Contents:

Race and memory

"We are met on a great battle-field": race, memory, and the Gettysburg Address

Reviving emancipationist memory at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

Violence and memory

Savage and heroic war memories at Gettysburg National Military Park

The symbolic landscape: visualizing violence at Gettysburg National Military Park

"The waters ran red": savage interpretations of war at Cold Harbor Visitor Center.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8631-9

OCLC:

859687449