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Kristen Treen

Photography and Civil War memory (Part 2)

26 February 2016 – Kristen Treen

Unlike the Confederate flag, photographs enable the viewer to look the past in the eyes with a degree of sympathy, to interpret gesture, emotional expression, and the suggestive personal proffering of military possessions through a medium with which we now express ourselves on a daily basis. Read More

Photography and Civil War memory (Part 1)

19 February 2016 – Kristen Treen

media, memory, Confederate memory series, photography

Editor’s note: This two-part post continues our series addressing recent debates over Confederate memory and symbolism in the wake of the shooting of nine parishioners at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. Here is the opening post for the series. Read More