{"product_id":"reading-confederate-monuments-paperback","title":"Reading Confederate Monuments - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaria Seger\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJoanna Davis-McElligatt\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributions by Danielle Christmas, Joanna Davis-McElligatt, Garrett Bridger Gilmore, Spencer R. Herrera, Cassandra Jackson, Stacie McCormick, Maria Seger, Randi Lynn Tanglen, Brook Thomas, Michael C. Weisenburg, and Lisa Woolfork \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eReading Confederate Monuments\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the urgent and vital need for scholars, educators, and the general public to be able to read and interpret the literal and cultural Confederate monuments pervading life in the contemporary United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe literary and cultural studies scholars featured in this collection engage many different archives and methods, demonstrating how to read literal Confederate monuments as texts and in the context of the assortment of literatures that produced and celebrated them. They further explore how to read the literary texts advancing and contesting Confederate ideology in the US cultural imaginary--then and now--as monuments in and of themselves. On top of that, the essays published here lay bare the cultural and pedagogical work of Confederate monuments and counter-monuments--divulging how and what they teach their readers as communal and yet contested narratives--thereby showing why the persistence of Confederate monuments matters greatly to local and national notions of racial justice and belonging. In doing so, this collection illustrates what critics of US literature and culture can offer to ongoing scholarly and public discussions about Confederate monuments and memory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Even as we remove, relocate, and recontextualize the physical symbols of the Confederacy dotting the US landscape, the complicated histories, cultural products, and pedagogies of Confederate ideology remain embedded in the national consciousness. To disrupt and potentially dismantle these enduring narratives alongside the statues themselves, we must be able to recognize, analyze, and resist them in US life. The pieces in this collection position us to think deeply about how and why we should continue that work.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaria Seger\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where she specializes in nineteenth-century US literature, Black and US ethnic literatures, and critical race and ethnic studies. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eNineteenth-Century Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Callaloo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eStudies in American Naturalism\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 24, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42717660807231,"sku":"9781496841643","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e0593fa840ac49208335a5c8f3c9c5e7.webp?v=1765079231","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/reading-confederate-monuments-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}