{"product_id":"enduring-legacy-rhetoric-and-ritual-of-the-lost-cause-paperback-softback-9780817360702","title":"Enduring Legacy; Rhetoric and Ritual of the Lost Cause (Paperback \/ softback) 9780817360702","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEnduring Legacy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRhetoric and Ritual of the Lost Cause\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eW. Stuart Towns (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780817360702\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 December 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.363 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“By careful attention to the ceremonial settings and the persistence of the speech-making themes over several generations, the author shows how the status of the orators, the pervasiveness of the rituals, and the repetition of themes for so long created a new white-dominated southern public identity out of the social chaos, uncertainty, and despair at the end of the Civil War in the South.”—Charles Reagan Wilson, author of \u003ci\u003eJudgment and Grace in Dixie: Southern Faiths from Faulkner to Elvis\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBaptized in Blood: The Religion of the Lost Cause, 1868-1920\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Town’s analysis is beneficial and informative as a rhetorical history of Lost Cause rhetoric. . . . [and] encourages scholars to consider how southern rhetorical history and mythology still echoes within state and national discussions today.”— \u003ci\u003eRhetoric \u0026amp; Public Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“No southern historian has ever brought such a wealth of source material to bear on a subject. Primary sources dominate the manuscript, in every chapter. The manuscript has a solid core of rhetorical\/artifactual sources that, woven carefully together, never waiver from the centrality of Town’s thesis – Lost Cause rhetoric tells the story of the South. No other region of the country can make such a claim.”— Carl Kell, author of \u003ci\u003eAgainst the Wind: The Moderate Voice in Baptist Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The Lost Cause, like William Faulkner’s past, is not dead—and, according to W. Stuart Towns, it’s not even past. In this deftly reasoned and cogently argued exploration of the rhetoric and ritual associated with the South’s most enduring myth, Towns stresses that 20th-century white Southerners learned most of what they feel about race, the North, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and themselves from Lost Cause rhetoric.”— \u003ci\u003eCivil War Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores the crucial role of rhetoric and oratory in creating and propagating a “Lost Cause” public memory of the American South\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eEnduring Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e explores the vital place of ceremonial oratory in the oral tradition in the South and 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. Towns studies in detail secessionist and Civil War speeches and how they laid the groundwork for future generations, including Southern responses to the civil rights movement, and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Lost Cause orators that came after the Civil War, Towns argues, helped to shape a lasting mythology of the brave Confederate martyr, and the Southern positions for why the Confederacy lost and who was to blame. Innumerable words were spent—in commemorative speeches, newspaper editorials, and statehouse oratory—condemning the evils of Reconstruction, redemption, reconciliation, and the new and future South. Towns concludes with an analysis of how Lost Cause myths still influence Southern and national perceptions of the region today, as evidenced in debates over the continued deployment of the Confederate flag and the popularity of Civil War reenactments.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52574420238616,"sku":"9780817360702","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/enduring-legacy-rhetoric-and-ritual-of-the-lost-cause-paperback-softback-9780817360702","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}