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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Falck, Susan T.
Titre(s) : Remembering Dixie [Texte imprimé] : the battle to control historical memory in Natchez, Mississippi, 1865-1941 / Susan T. Falck
Publication : Jackson (Miss.) : University Press of Mississippi, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XII-359 p.) : ill., cartes ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. p. 284-324. Bibliogr. p. 325-348. Index
"Nearly seventy years after the Civil War, Natchez, Mississippi, sold itself to Depression-era
tourists as a place 'Where the Old South Still Lives.' Tourists flocked to view the
town's decaying antebellum mansions, hoop-skirted hostesses, and a pageant saturated
in sentimental Lost Cause imagery. In Remembering Dixie: The Battle to Control Historical
Memory in Natchez, Mississippi, 1865-1941, Susan T. Falck analyzes how the highly
biased, white historical memories of what had been a wealthy southern hub originated
from the experiences and hardships of the Civil War. These collective narratives eventually
culminated in a heritage tourism enterprise still in business today. Additionally,
the book includes new research on the African American community's robust efforts
to build historical tradition, most notably, the ways in which African Americans in
Natchez worked to create a distinctive postemancipation identity that challenged the
dominant white structure. Using a wide range of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century
sources--many of which have never been fully mined before--Falck reveals the ways
in which black and white Natchezians of all classes, male and female, embraced, reinterpreted,
and contested Lost Cause ideology. These memory-making struggles resulted in emotional,
internecine conflicts that shaped the cultural character of the community and impacted
the national understanding of the Old South and the Confederacy as popular culture.
Natchez remains relevant today as a microcosm for our nation's modern-day struggles
with Lost Cause ideology, Confederate monuments, racism, and white supremacy. Falck
reveals how this remarkable story played out in one important southern community over
several generations in vivid detail and richly illustrated analysis."--Provided by
publisher
Sujet(s) : Noirs américains -- Natchez (Miss., États-Unis) -- 1870-1914
Relations interethniques -- Natchez (Miss., États-Unis) -- 1870-1914
Noirs américains -- Natchez (Miss., États-Unis) -- 1900-1945
Relations interethniques -- Natchez (Miss., États-Unis) -- 1900-1945
Mississippi (États-Unis) -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Mémoire collective
Indice(s) Dewey :
976.226 (23e éd.) = Histoire - États-Unis - Adams (comté)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781496824400 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb471233148
Notice n° :
FRBNF47123314
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Acknowledgments ; Introduction: Natchez pilgrimages ; Forging new identities in
a world gone mad ; Memory making on parade: African American historical identity
in Reconstruction-era Natchez ; a taste for associations: reconstructing white identities
in postwar Natchez ; Picture makers: black and white historical memory in postbellum
Natchez ; Selling historic Natchez to depression-era pilgrims ; The battle of the
hoopskirts: the ladies go to court ; Epilogue: Natchez today: where more than the
old south still lives ; Guide to historic Natchez homes ; Notes ; Bibliography
; Index.
