(Dis) Union at 150: Collective Memories of Secession
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[1] Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Estados Unidos
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- Localización: Theory and research in social education, ISSN 0093-3104, Vol. 43, Nº 4, 2015, págs. 499-527
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
This article reports on the results of an exploratory qualitative study of the collective memories of Secession held by a diverse group of university students (n = 54) at a large southern research institution. Participants completed a survey that asked them to produce a narrative of Secession as well as to rank a selection of heroes and provide an explanation for their ranking. We found that the majority of responses contained elements from different, and even opposing, collective-memory traditions, including the Lost Cause and freedom-quest narratives of the Civil War. The article explores the responses using a theoretical framework based on the socio-cultural theories of language and narrative developed by Bakhtin and Wertsch in light of historical work done on collective memory of the Civil War.
