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- Neo-Confederacy: A Critical Introduction
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: University of Texas Press
summary
A century and a half after the conclusion of the Civil War, the legacy of the Confederate States of America continues to influence national politics in profound ways. Drawing on magazines such as Southern Partisan and publications from the secessionist organization League of the South, as well as DixieNet and additional newsletters and websites, Neo-Confederacy probes the veneer of this movement to reveal goals far more extensive than a mere celebration of ancestry. Incorporating groundbreaking essays on the Neo-Confederacy movement, this eye-opening work encompasses such topics as literature and music; the ethnic and cultural claims of white, Anglo-Celtic southerners; gender and sexuality; the origins and development of the movement and its tenets; and ultimately its nationalization into a far-reaching factor in reactionary conservative politics. The first book-length study of this powerful sociological phenomenon, Neo-Confederacy raises crucial questions about the mainstreaming of an ideology that, founded on notions of white supremacy, has made curiously strong inroads throughout the realms of sexist, homophobic, anti-immigrant, and often “orthodox” Christian populations that would otherwise have no affiliation with the regionality or heritage traditionally associated with Confederate history.
Table of Contents
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- Foreword: A Connected Fringe
- pp. ix-xi
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xiv
- PART I. The Origins and Development of Neo-Confederacy and Its Tenets
- PART II. Practicing Neo-Confederacy
- 7. Neo-Confederacy and Education
- pp. 202-225
- 8. Literature and Neo-Confederacy
- pp. 226-252
- Afterword: Nationalizing Neo-Confederacy?
- pp. 309-316
- Contributors
- pp. 317-318
Additional Information
ISBN
9780292793873
Related ISBN(s)
9780292718371
MARC Record
OCLC
408201544
Pages
354
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No