Confederate exceptionalism : Civil War myth and memory in the twenty-first century /
In Confederate Exceptionalism, communications scholar Nicole Maurantonio considers how so-called "neo-Confederates" can distance themselves from the actions of white supremacists while also clinging to the very symbols and narratives that tether the Confederacy to histories of racism and o...
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Lawrence :
University Press of Kansas,
[2019]
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| Series: | Culture America.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface: Confederates on my corner
- Introduction: History, the museum, and Confederate exceptionalism
- "Carry me back to old Virginny" and the (neo- ) Confederate jeremiad
- Stonewall Jackson and sacred relics
- Black Confederates : the unsettling performances of living reconciliation
- Cooking Confederate and nostalgic re-enactment
- Historical diorama and protecting the Confederate habitat
- Heroes, villains, and the digital Confederacy
- Conclusion: On the (neo- ) Confederate stage.