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Enduring Legacy : Rhetoric and Ritual of the Lost Cause.

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" exp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Towns, W. Stuart
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2012.
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction; 1. Rhetoric, Celebration, and Ritual: Building a Collective Memory in the Postwar South; 2. Remembering the Confederacy: Ceremony in the Postwar South, 1865-1920s; 3. The Road to Secession and War: The Oratorical Defense of the Confederacy and the Old South; 4. Creating the Myths of the War: Martyrs and Scapegoats of the Confederacy; 5. Creating the Myths of Reconstruction, Redemption, Reconciliation, and the New and Future South: The Rest of the Story; 6. The Persistence of a Myth: The Lost Cause in the Modern South; Notes; Bibliography; Index.