{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69a075db4e00bcfd666b5fa8/6a17ba69847a83997e690eae?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"History's Biggest COPE: The \"Lost Cause\" Myth w/ Madison Albertson","description":"<p>Ever wonder why your Republican uncle suddenly cares so much about monuments?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, Jared, Abe, &amp; special guest Madison Albertson (scholar, lesbian, and friend of the pod) explore the story of \"the Lost Cause\", a nationalist myth originating in the post civil-war South that paints the Confederate movement as moral, just, and TOTALLY NOT about slavery. Follow along as we dive into the myth's origins, its influence of American racial politics, and its lasting legacy in teenage vampire films across the decades. Tangents include the gayness of the Sherlock Holmes movie, the inner workings of lesbian intercourse, William Howard Taft, and the song \"Memory\" from <em>Cats</em>.</p><p><br></p><p>SOURCES:</p><ul><li><em>Mythhistory and Other Essays</em> by William H McNeill</li><li><em>Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory</em> by David W Blight</li><li><em>Confederates in The Attic</em> by Tony Horwitz</li><li><em>Dixie’s Daughters: The United Daughters of The Confederacy and the Preservation of Confederate Culture</em> by Karen L. Cox</li><li><em>White Rage</em> By Karen L Cox</li><li><em>The Birth of a Nation</em> (1915) Dir. D.W. Griffith</li><li><em>Not Even Past: The Stories We Keep Telling about the Civil Wa</em>r by Cody Marrs</li><li><a href=\"https://www.historycolorado.org/story/2021/02/19/curse-nation\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">“Curse of a Nation” | History Colorado </a></li><li><a href=\"&quot;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\"</a><a href=\"https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.chicagoshrm.org/resource/resmgr/leading_through_a_racial_crisis/Unnameable_Objects,_Unspeaka.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Unnameable Objects, Unspeakable Crimes\" by James Baldwin, 1965 </a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/civil-war-casualties\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/civil-war-casualties</a></li><li><a href=\"https://virginiahistory.org/learn/how-did-civilians-suffer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://virginiahistory.org/learn/how-did-civilians-suffer</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/reconstruction-rebuilding-south-after-war/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/reconstruction-rebuilding-south-after-war/</a></li><li><a href=\"https://hqudc.org/about/diversity-in-defense-of-the-south/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://hqudc.org/about/diversity-in-defense-of-the-south/</a></li><li><a href=\"https://fairfieldfoundation.org/witness-to-change-the-rise-and-fall-of-monument-avenues-confederate-statues/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://fairfieldfoundation.org/witness-to-change-the-rise-and-fall-of-monument-avenues-confederate-statues/</a></li><li><a href=\"https://youtu.be/dOkFXPblLpU?si=6N4UcqVkZpgAhodw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://youtu.be/dOkFXPblLpU?si=6N4UcqVkZpgAhodw</a></li></ul>","author_name":"Jared Tetreau & Abe Merker"}