Lost cause and memory in America: then and now

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dc.contributor.advisorAnderson, Patricia Dockman
dc.contributor.authorBraswell, Daniel R., II
dc.contributor.programTowson Seminaren_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-24T20:44:47Z
dc.date.available2019-10-24T20:44:47Z
dc.date.issued2019-05
dc.descriptionThis paper was the recipient of the Towson Seminar Information Literacy Award for the Spring 2019 semester. It was written for section 045 - Refighting the Civil War: History, Memory, and the Continuing Struggle over America's Past, taught by Patricia Dockman Anderson.en_US
dc.description.abstract[From paper:] As the Civil War came to an end, America found itself in a strange state, one it had never experienced. For the last four years, the country had been torn in two, fighting a deadly, historically significant war. Looking to move past the war and the destruction it brought, the defeated former Confederate States of America sought to re-assimilate themselves into the country. The solution decided upon became known as Lost Cause memory. According to historian David Blight, Lost Cause memory is easily defined as “a public memory, a cult of the fallen soldier, a righteous political cause defeated only by a superior industrial might, a heritage community awaiting its exodus, and a people forming a collective identity as victims and survivors.”1 Put simply, it was the South making up excuses for their transgressions, while simultaneously corrupting the true cause and motives of the war. Immediately after the Civil War, Lost Cause memory emerged through literature, a status promotion of Confederate leaders, a romanization of antebellum southern life and slavery, and Confederate excuses for motive and defeat. Although the Civil War ended 154 years ago, the effects of the immediate aftermath can still be felt in today’s world. Today, Lost Cause memory manifests itself still through use of Confederate flags, the erection and defense of Confederate monuments, and modern-day sympathizer organizations, such the Sons of Confederate Veterans, also known as SCV.en_US
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dc.format.extent11 pagesen_US
dc.genreresearch papersen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2sh8n-hmeu
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/15973
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtTowson University
dc.subjectLost Cause memoryen_US
dc.subjectCollective memoryen_US
dc.subjectConfederate States of Americaen_US
dc.titleLost cause and memory in America: then and nowen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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