Practical Symbolic Interactions in the Shrine of the South
Author | : John F. Cataldi |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2022-11-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781666923704 |
ISBN-13 | : 1666923702 |
Rating | : 4/5 (702 Downloads) |
Download or read book Practical Symbolic Interactions in the Shrine of the South written by John F. Cataldi and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-11-28 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.