What Can and Can't Be Said

Race, Uplift, and Monument Building in the Contemporary South

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Architecture, Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations, History, Americas, United States
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Author: Dell Upton ISBN: 9780300216615
Publisher: Yale University Press Publication: November 24, 2015
Imprint: Yale University Press Language: English
Author: Dell Upton
ISBN: 9780300216615
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication: November 24, 2015
Imprint: Yale University Press
Language: English
An original study of monuments to the civil rights movement and African American history that have been erected in the U.S. South over the past three decades, this powerful work explores how commemorative structures have been used to assert the presence of black Americans in contemporary Southern society. The author cogently argues that these public memorials, ranging from the famous to the obscure, have emerged from, and speak directly to, the region’s complex racial politics since monument builders have had to contend with widely varied interpretations of the African American past as well as a continuing presence of white supremacist attitudes and monuments.
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An original study of monuments to the civil rights movement and African American history that have been erected in the U.S. South over the past three decades, this powerful work explores how commemorative structures have been used to assert the presence of black Americans in contemporary Southern society. The author cogently argues that these public memorials, ranging from the famous to the obscure, have emerged from, and speak directly to, the region’s complex racial politics since monument builders have had to contend with widely varied interpretations of the African American past as well as a continuing presence of white supremacist attitudes and monuments.

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