Speaking for the enslaved :: heritage interpretation at Antebellum plantation sites /

Focusing on the agency of enslaved Africans and their descendants in the South, this work argues for the systematic unveiling and recovery of subjugated knowledge, histories, and cultural practices of those traditionally silenced and overlooked by national heritage projects and national public memor...

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1. Verfasser: Jackson, Antoinette T.
Weitere Verfasser: Shackel, Paul A.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Walnut Creek : Left Coast Press, 2012.
Schriftenreihe:Heritage, tourism, and community.
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Zusammenfassung:Focusing on the agency of enslaved Africans and their descendants in the South, this work argues for the systematic unveiling and recovery of subjugated knowledge, histories, and cultural practices of those traditionally silenced and overlooked by national heritage projects and national public memories. Jackson uses both ethnographic and ethnohistorical data to show the various ways African Americans actively created and maintained their own heritage and cultural formations. Viewed through the lens of four distinctive plantation sites-including the one on which that the ancestors of First Lady Michelle Obama lived-everyday acts of living, learning, and surviving profoundly challenge the way American heritage has been constructed and represented. A fascinating, critical view of the ways culture, history, social policy, and identity influence heritage sites and the business of heritage research management in public spaces.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (179 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781598745504
1598745506
1611326184
9781611326185

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