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Enduring legacy : rhetoric and ritual of the lost cause / W. Stuart Towns.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Towns, W. Stuart, 1939-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Group identity--Southern States.
- Group identity.
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American--Southern States--History and criticism.
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
- English language--Southern States--Rhetoric.
- English language.
- Memory--Social aspects--Southern States.
- Memory.
- Oratory--Southern States--History.
- Oratory.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Influence.
- United States.
- Southern States--Civilization.
- Southern States.
- Confederate States of America--History.
- Confederate States of America.
- Southern States--Languages--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (210 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8581-9
- OCLC:
- 772845452
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