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Interpreting Sacred Ground : the Rhetoric of National Civil War Parks and Battlefields.

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 prese...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Spielvogel, J. Christian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2013.
Colección:Albma Rhetoric Cult & Soc Crit.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; I. Race and Memory; 1. "We Are Met on a Great Battle-Field": Race, Memory, and the Gettysburg Address; 2. Reviving Emancipationist Memory at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park; II. Violence and Memory; 3. Savage and Heroic War Memories at Gettysburg National Military Park; 4. The Symbolic Landscape: Visualizing Violence at Gettysburg National Military Park; 5. "The Waters Ran Red": Savage Interpretations of War at Cold Harbor Visitor Center; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.