Description
Explores the vital place of ceremonial oratory in the oral tradition of the American South. It analyses how rituals such as Confederate Memorial Day, Confederate veteran reunions, and dedication of Confederate monuments have contributed to creating and sustaining a Lost Cause paradigm for Southern identity.
AUTHOR: W Stuart Towns
GENRE: Non-Fiction, History
PUBLISHING: Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, ©2012.
ISBN: 9780817317522
PAGE COUNT: 190 pages
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