Practical Symbolic Interactions in the Shrine of the South

Conversations with a Damn Yankee

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Av John F. Cataldi

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Practical Symbolic Interactions in the Shrine of the South: Conversations with a Damn Yankee finds that Lexington-Rockbridge, VA, community sentiments toward Southern symbols such as the Confederate Battle Flag and Robert E. Lee are not necessarily reducible to a racial divide. John F. Cataldi uses data to demonstrate that most black and white respondents navigate a social balance between the extremes of conservation and progress as a way to productively coexist and unify as a community rather than maintain an insular posture or cause division based solely on symbolic ideology. These findings challenge conventional sociological and media-provided paradigms and broaden the discussion of what tolerance and situational context mean for a large spectrum of community members who live in the milieu of Confederate symbols every day.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-01-15
Mått156 x 237 x 20 mm
Vikt476 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor230
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781666923698

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Contemporary attitudes toward Confederate monuments and memorials usually frame them either as poisonously retrograde or as worthy of veneration. Without giving in to such polarizing simplification or passing judgment, John F. Cataldi listens attentively, observes closely, and recognizes the nuances in how Southerners today—black and white, for and against Confederate monuments—make such symbols meaningful and even sacred. His careful and sympathetic study will open a lot of eyes on this contentious topic.