"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 centu...

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Other Authors:	Friend, Craig Thompson 1961- (Editor), Glover, Lorri 1967- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York Cambridge University Press 2015
Series:	Cambridge studies on the American South
Subjects:	Sterben Bestattungsritus USA > Südstaaten Aufsatzsammlung
Online Access:	Cover Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:	"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. Craig Thompson Friend is Professor of History and Director of Public History at North Carolina State University. Lorri Glover is the John Francis Bannon Endowed Chair in the department of history at St. Louis University"--
Item Description:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:	XII, 280 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 24 cm
ISBN:	9781107084209