Putting Memory in its Place: The Politics of Commemoration in the American South (original) (raw)

WorldMinds: Geographical Perspectives on 100 Problems, 2004

Abstract

The past remains a passionately contested terrain in the American South. On the one hand, the memory of the Civil War is of vital importance in the region. Many white Southerners identify with romanticized images of the Confederacy (Hoelscher 2003). Alternately, a new historical vision of the region's past has emerged, one that challenges the centrality of the Confederacy. Propelled largely by African Americans, this challenge is embodied in the public commemoration of the Civil Rights Movement (Alderman 2000; Dwyer 2000). The ...

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