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Death and the American South (Paperback): Craig Thompson Friend, Lorri Glover

Death and the American South (Paperback)

Craig Thompson Friend, Lorri Glover

Series: Cambridge Studies on the American South

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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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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Cambridge Studies on the American South
Release date: August 2017
Editors: Craig Thompson Friend • Lorri Glover
Dimensions: 230 x 153 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-44603-8
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying > General
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
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LSN: 1-107-44603-1
Barcode: 9781107446038

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