Along with Confederate flags, the men and women who recently
gathered before the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts carried signs
proclaiming “Heritage Not Hate.” Theirs, they said, was an
“open and visible protest against those who attacked us, ours
flags, our ancestors, or our Heritage.” How, Nicole Maurantonio
wondered, did “not hate” square with a “heritage” grounded
in slavery? How do so-called neo-Confederates distance themselves
from the actions and beliefs of white supremacists while clinging
to the very symbols and narratives that tether the Confederacy to
the history of racism and oppression in America? The answer,
Maurantonio discovers, is bound up in the myth of Confederate
exceptionalism—a myth whose components, proponents, and meaning
this timely and provocative book explores. The narrative of
Confederate exceptionalism, in this analysis, updates two uniquely
American mythologies—the Lost Cause and American
exceptionalism—blending their elements with discourses of racial
neoliberalism to create a seeming separation between the
Confederacy and racist systems. Incorporating several methods and
drawing from a range of sources—including ethnographic
observations, interviews, and archival documents—Maurantonio
examines the various people, objects, and rituals that contribute
to this cultural balancing act. Her investigation takes in
“official” modes of remembering the Confederacy, such as the
monuments and building Names that drive the discussion today, but
it also pays attention to the more mundane and often subtle ways in
which the Confederacy is recalled. Linking the different modes of
commemoration, her work bridges the distance that believers in
Confederate exceptionalism maintain; while situated in history from
the Civil War through the civil rights era, the book brings
much-needed clarity to the constitution, persistence, and
significance of this divisive myth in the context of our time.
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