Death and the American South
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Cambridge Studies on the American South
ISBN-10
1107084202
ISBN-13
9781107084209
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 24th, 2014
Print length
304 Pages
Weight
548 grams
Dimensions
15.50 x 23.70 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
History of the AmericasSocial & cultural historySociology: death & dying
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Death and the American South is an edited collection of twelve never-before-published essays, featuring leading senior scholars as well as influential up-and-coming historians. The contributors use a variety of methodological approaches for their research and explore different parts of the South and varying themes in history.
This rich collection of original essays illuminates the causes and consequences of the South''s defining experiences with death. Employing a wide range of perspectives, while concentrating on discrete episodes in the region''s past, the authors explore topics from the seventeenth century to the present, from the death traps that emerged during colonization to the bloody backlash against emancipation and civil rights to recent canny efforts to commemorate - and capitalize on - the region''s deadly past. Some authors capture their subjects in the most intimate of moments: killing and dying, grieving and remembering, and believing and despairing. Others uncover the intentional efforts of Southerners to publicly commemorate their losses through death rituals and memorialization campaigns. Together, these poignantly told Southern stories reveal profound truths about the past of a region marked by death and unable, perhaps unwilling, to escape the ghosts of its history.
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