Death and the American South

This rich collection of original essays illuminates the causes and consequences of the South's defining experiences with death. Employing a wide range of perspectives, while concentrating on discrete episodes in the region's past, the authors explore topics from the seventeenth century to the present, from the death traps that emerged during colonization to the bloody backlash against emancipation and civil rights to recent canny efforts to commemorate - and capitalize on - the region's deadly past. Some authors capture their subjects in the most intimate of moments: killing and dying, grieving and remembering, and believing and despairing. Others uncover the intentional efforts of Southerners to publicly commemorate their losses through death rituals and memorialization campaigns. Together, these poignantly told Southern stories reveal profound truths about the past of a region marked by death and unable, perhaps unwilling, to escape the ghosts of its history.

Author: Craig Thompson Friend
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 08/31/2017
Pages: 292
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.66d
ISBN13: 9781107446038
ISBN10: 1107446031
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | General
- Family & Relationships | Death, Grief, Bereavement