The Killer's Manifesto -- "The South Shall Rise Again" -- Charleston and the Postracial Logics of "Race War" -- Gun control -- The Racial Politics of Gun Violence -- The Charleston Church Shooting and the Public Practice of Forgetting Lynching -- Civic Eulogies and Exhortations -- The Act of Forgiveness in Barack Obama's Eulogy for the Honorable Reverend Clementa Pinckney, Charleston, South Carolina, June 26, 2015 -- Challenging the Myth of Postracialism -- Rebels and Flags -- In the Aftermath -- The Rebel Flag and the Rhetoric of Protest Neo-Confederate Monuments -- "Remove Not the Ancient Landmarks" -- In the Aftermath -- Conclusion.
Summary:
This book considers the 2015 Charleston mass shooting from a rhetorical perspective and offers an appraisal of the discourses that cradled and emerged from it. It argues that Charleston was different from other mass shootings in America and that the differences can be heard and seen in that rhetoric.
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