|
Books
|
Buy Now
Grave History - Death, Race, and Gender in Southern Cemeteries
Loot Price: R3,201
Discovery Miles 32 010
|
|
|
Grave History - Death, Race, and Gender in Southern Cemeteries
Expected to ship within 18 - 22 working days
|
Grave sites not only offer the contemporary viewer the physical
markers of those remembered but also a wealth of information about
the era in which the cemeteries were created. These markers hold
keys to our historical past and allow an entry point of
interrogation about who is represented, as well as how and why.
Grave History is the first volume to use southern cemeteries to
interrogate and analyze southern society and the construction of
racial and gendered hierarchies from the antebellum period through
the dismantling of Jim Crow. Through an analysis of cemeteries
throughout the South—including Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and Virginia, from the nineteenth
through twenty-first centuries—this volume demonstrates the
importance of using the cemetery as an analytical tool for
examining power relations, community formation, and historical
memory. Grave History draws together an interdisciplinary group of
scholars, including historians, anthropologists, archaeologists,
and social-justice activists to investigate the history of racial
segregation in southern cemeteries and what it can tell us about
how ideas regarding race, class, and gender were informed and
reinforced in these sacred spaces. Each chapter is followed by a
learning activity that offers readers an opportunity to do the work
of a historian and apply the insights gleaned from this book to
their own analysis of cemeteries. These activities, designed for
both the teacher and the student, as well as the seasoned and the
novice cemetery enthusiast, encourage readers to examine cemeteries
for their physical organization, iconography, sociodemographic
landscape, and identity politics.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(1)
