Esposito, E., Rotesi, T., Saia, A., & Thoenig, M. (2023). Reconciliation Narratives: The Birth of a Nation after the US Civil War. American Economic Review, 113(6), 1461–1504. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20210413
Abstract
We study how the spread of the Lost Cause narrative—a revisionist and racist retelling of the US Civil War—shifted opinions and behaviors toward national reunification and racial discrimination against African Americans. Looking at screenings of The Birth of a Nation, a blockbuster movie that greatly popularized the Lost Cause after 1915, we find that the film shifted the public discourse toward a more patriotic and less divisive language, increased military enlistment, and fostered cultural convergence between former enemies. We document how the racist content of the narrative connects to reconciliation through a "common-enemy" type of argument.
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针对美国电影之父格里菲斯拍摄的《The Birth of a Nation》的研究发表了两篇AER，
《The Birth of a Nation: Media and Racial Hate》
《Reconciliation Narratives: The Birth of a Nation after the US Civil War》
Reconciliation Narratives
Esposito, E., Rotesi, T., Saia, A., & Thoenig, M. (2023). Reconciliation Narratives: The Birth of a Nation after the US Civil War. American Economic Review, 113(6), 1461–1504. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20210413
Abstract
We study how the spread of the Lost Cause narrative—a revisionist and racist retelling of the US Civil War—shifted opinions and behaviors toward national reunification and racial discrimination against African Americans. Looking at screenings of The Birth of a Nation, a blockbuster movie that greatly popularized the Lost Cause after 1915, we find that the film shifted the public discourse toward a more patriotic and less divisive language, increased military enlistment, and fostered cultural convergence between former enemies. We document how the racist content of the narrative connects to reconciliation through a "common-enemy" type of argument.
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针对美国电影之父格里菲斯拍摄的《The Birth of a Nation》的研究发表了两篇AER，
此文研究了“失败的原因”叙事的传播，这是对美国内战的一种修正主义和带有种族主义色彩的叙述。我们关注了《一个国家的诞生》的放映，这部在1915年后极大地推动了“失败的原因”流行的非常成功的电影，发现该影片改变了公众话语，使其更趋向于爱国且减少分裂性的语言，增加了军队入伍的人数，并促进了曾经的敌人之间的文化融合。我们记录了这个叙事的种族主义内容如何通过“共同敌人”类型的论述与和解相连接。