Contested Memory: The Lost Cause, Reconstruction, and the Shaping of Civil Rights Commemoration in the American South – Bc. Julie Krejčová
Bc. Julie Krejčová
Master's thesis
Contested Memory: The Lost Cause, Reconstruction, and the Shaping of Civil Rights Commemoration in the American South
Contested Memory: The Lost Cause, Reconstruction, and the Shaping of Civil Rights Commemoration in the American South
Abstract:
Tato diplomová práce se zabývá konstrukcí paměti americké občanské války prostřednictvím mýtu Lost Cause, vytěsňováním paměti období Rekonstrukce, novým připomínáním hnutí za občanská práva a spory o veřejný prostor na americkém Jihu. Pomocí terénního výzkumu a teorií kolektivní paměti analyzuje, jak konfederační narativy formovaly národní identitu a jak se současné občanskoprávní památníky snaží veřejnou …moreAbstract:
This thesis examines the construction of Civil War memory through the Lost Cause myth, the erasure of Reconstruction memory, the commemoration of the Civil Rights Movement, and the contestation of public space in the American South. Using field research and memory theory, it analyses how Confederate narratives shaped national identity and how modern civil rights commemorations attempt to reclaim and …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 21. 5. 2025
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/ff48p/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 19. 6. 2025
- Supervisor: Mgr. Denisa Krásná, BA (Hons)
- Reader: doc. PhDr. Tomáš Pospíšil, Ph.D.
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KREJČOVÁ, Julie. \textit{Contested Memory: The Lost Cause, Reconstruction, and the Shaping of Civil Rights Commemoration in the American South}. Online. Master's thesis. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts. 2025. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/wydzke/.
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North-American Culture Studies / Anglophone and Francophone Area Studies
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