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Explores the vital place of ceremonial oratory in the oral tradition in the South and analyses how rituals such as Confederate Memorial Day, Confederate veteran reunions, and dedication of Confederate monuments have contributed to creating and sustaining a Lost Cause paradigm for Southern identity.

Produktbeschreibung
Explores the vital place of ceremonial oratory in the oral tradition in the South and analyses how rituals such as Confederate Memorial Day, Confederate veteran reunions, and dedication of Confederate monuments have contributed to creating and sustaining a Lost Cause paradigm for Southern identity.
Autorenporträt
W. Stuart Towns is a retired professor and department chair for the Communication Studies Department at Southeast Missouri State University. He also served as the department chair at the University of West Florida and Appalachian State University. He is the author of "We Want Our Freedom" Rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement and three other books on southern public address history. He is currently working on a book focusing on the public address of Hugh Hammond Bennett, the "Father of Soil Conservation."