Document Type
Article
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 counter storytelling 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.
Recommended Citation
Covington, Brooke; Turner, Chief Rosa Holmes; and Bieron, Julianne
(2023)
""You Call It Honor, We Call It Dishonor." Counterstorytelling & Confederate Monuments in Isle of Wight County, Virginia,"
Community Literacy Journal: Vol. 17:
Iss.
2, Article 3.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/communityliteracy/vol17/iss2/3
