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Spectacle of Grief
Sarah J. Purcell
其他書名
Public Funerals and Memory in the Civil War Era
出版University of North Carolina Press, 2022
主題HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
ISBN9798890851604
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=4Ths0AEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋"This illuminating book examines how the public funerals of major figures from the Civil War era shaped public memories of the war and allowed a diverse set of people to contribute to changing American national identities. These funerals featured lengthy processions that sometimes crossed multiple state lines, burial ceremonies open to the public, and other cultural productions of commemoration such as oration and song. As Sarah J. Purcell reveals, Americans' participation in these funeral rites led to contemplation and contestation over the political and social meanings of the war and the roles played by the honored dead"--