{"product_id":"the-rebel-yell-a-cultural-history-9780817360405","title":"The Rebel Yell: A Cultural History","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rebel Yell: A Cultural History\u003c\/i\u003e provides the first comprehensive history of the fabled Confederate battle cry from its origins and myths through its use in American popular culture.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e No aspect of Civil War military lore has received less scholarly attention than the battle cry of the Southern soldier. In \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebel Yell\u003c\/i\u003e, Craig A. Warren brings together soldiers' memoirs, little-known articles, and recordings to create a fascinating and exhaustive exploration of the facts and myths about the \"Southern screech.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through close readings of numerous accounts, Warren demonstrates that the Rebel yell was not a single, unchanging call, but rather it varied from place to place, evolved over time, and expressed nuanced shades of emotion. A multifunctional act, the flexible Rebel yell was immediately recognizable to friends and foes but acquired new forms and purposes as the epic struggle wore on. A Confederate regiment might deliver the yell in harrowing unison to taunt Union troops across the empty spaces of a battlefield. At other times, individual soldiers would call out solo or in call-and-response fashion to communicate with or secure the perimeters of their camps. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Rebel yell could embody unity and valor, but could also become the voice of racism and hatred. Perhaps most surprising, \u003ci\u003eThe Rebel Yell\u003c\/i\u003e reveals that from Reconstruction through the first half of the twentieth century, the Rebel yell--even more than the Confederate battle flag--served as the most prominent and potent symbol of white Southern defiance of Federal authority. With regard to the late-twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, Warren shows that the yell has served the needs of people the world over: soldiers and civilians, politicians and musicians, re-enactors and humorists, artists and businessmen. Warren dismantles popular assumptions about the Rebel yell as well as the notion that the yell was ever \"lost to history.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Both scholarly and accessible, \u003ci\u003eThe Rebel Yell \u003c\/i\u003econtributes to our knowledge of Civil War history and public memory. It shows the centrality of voice and sound to any reckoning of Southern culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817360405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240","brand":"Craig A. Warren","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41187198861493,"sku":"9780817360405","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0b559b46-334c-4831-8c94-35cc4492d610.jpg?v=1633436584","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-rebel-yell-a-cultural-history-9780817360405","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}