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- Title
"You Call It Honor, We Call It Dishonor." Counterstorytelling & Confederate Monuments in Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
- Authors
Covington, Brooke; Turner, Chief Rosa Holmes; Bieron, Julianne
- Abstract
This essay considers how everyday citizens use counterstorytelling as a persuasive tactic in sites of ordinary democracy like public hearings. Specifically, we examine the counterstories and stock stories shared during a public hearing held in Isle of Wight County, Virginia to determine the future of a confederate monument that stood in front of the county's courthouse. By focusing closely on one particular counterstory, this essay considers counterstorytelling as a form of racial countermemory that challenges dominant narratives by centralizing social justice and anti-racism. The authors aim to contribute to understandings of storytelling and its role within sites of participatory democracy, particularly concerning debates over contested memory objects.
- Subjects
ISLE of Wight (England); VIRGINIA; CONFEDERATE monuments; ANTI-racism; ISLANDS; PARTICIPATORY democracy; COLLECTIVE memory; SOCIAL justice; PUBLIC meetings
- Publication
Community Literacy Journal, 2023, Vol 17, Issue 2, p4
- ISSN
1555-9734
- Publication type
Article