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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