"A tour de force that locates the unique forms of control and persuasion enacted by southern culture, and their meaning for the writing of history and historical memory alike. . . . A tremendously successful and engaging book."--Florida Historical Quarterly
"An account of how the murder in Live Oak, Florida, of a powerful white man, physician, and politician, C. LeRoy Adams, by an African American housewife, Ruby McCollum, and the subsequent trial threatened to reveal the underbelly of southern society, all the dirty little and big secrets of the community and the region. During the trial, McCollum's voice was never allowed to be heard. . . . A superb study."--Journal of Southern History
"An intriguing and compelling study of the race, gender, and class dynamics of segregated small-town Florida at mid-century."--Tampa Bay History
"Bigger-than-life (and long-dead) characters . . . inhabit this fascinating story like haunted-house ghosts."--South Florida Sun-Sentinel
"Effectively shows how patriarchy and white supremacy . . . constructed a story and silenced McCollum and others to protect their community and its history. . . . Until now, the only memory of Ruby McCollum was a deliberately created one."--The Historian
"Evans uses the trial, which was covered by novelist Zora Neale Nurston, to examine the institutionalized silence that surrounded black women in the 1950s South."--Ms. Magazine
"Highly recommended."--Choice
"Reveals the powerful memory work accomplished by southerners' reticence or refusal to speak. . . . [and] demonstrates the rhetorical value of muteness and the scholarly value of looking at public memory as a product not only of stuff but also of absence."--H-net Reviews
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BN ID: | 2940159882714 |
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Publisher: | Tantor Audio |
Publication date: | 10/10/2023 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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