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The Rebel Yell - A Cultural History (Paperback)
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The Rebel Yell - A Cultural History (Paperback)
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The Rebel Yell: A Cultural History provides the first comprehensive
history of the fabled Confederate battle cry from its origins and
myths through its use in American popular culture. No aspect of
Civil War military lore has received less scholarly attention than
the battle cry of the Southern soldier. In The Rebel Yell, Craig A.
Warren brings together soldiers' memoirs, little-known articles,
and recordings to create a fascinating and exhaustive exploration
of the facts and myths about the "Southern screech." Through close
readings of numerous accounts, Warren demonstrates that the Rebel
yell was not a single, unchanging call, but rather it varied from
place to place, evolved over time, and expressed nuanced shades of
emotion. A multifunctional act, the flexible Rebel yell was
immediately recognizable to friends and foes but acquired new forms
and purposes as the epic struggle wore on. A Confederate regiment
might deliver the yell in harrowing unison to taunt Union troops
across the empty spaces of a battlefield. At other times,
individual soldiers would call out solo or in call-and-response
fashion to communicate with or secure the perimeters of their
camps. The Rebel yell could embody unity and valor, but could also
become the voice of racism and hatred. Perhaps most surprising, The
Rebel Yell reveals that from Reconstruction through the first half
of the twentieth century, the Rebel yell-even more than the
Confederate battle flag-served as the most prominent and potent
symbol of white Southern defiance of Federal authority. With regard
to the late-twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, Warren
shows that the yell has served the needs of people the world over:
soldiers and civilians, politicians and musicians, re-enactors and
humorists, artists and businessmen. Warren dismantles popular
assumptions about the Rebel yell as well as the notion that the
yell was ever "lost to history." Both scholarly and accessible, The
Rebel Yell contributes to our knowledge of Civil War history and
public memory. It shows the centrality of voice and sound to any
reckoning of Southern culture.
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