Ann E. Denkler

Sustaining Identity, Recapturing Heritage

Exploring Issues of Public History, Tourism, and Race in a Southern Rural Town

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the complex web of public history, tourism, and race in Luray, VA, a small town in the Shenandoah Valley ensconced in Lost Cause heritage. By utilizing a diverse range of methodologies, including ethnography, this book demonstrates how contested race relations are in this area, and how racial exclusion interacts with the politics of public history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780739119914
• ISBN-10: 0739119915
• Artikelnr.: 22989855

Autorenporträt

Ann Elizabeth Denkler is assistant professor of history at Shenandoah University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Creating the Past in Luray Chapter 3
"...But Slavery Cured us of that Weakness": The Search for the "Private"
Public History of African Americans in Luray Chapter 4 Subverting Heritage
and Memory: Luray's "Ol' Slave Auction Block" Chapter 5 Tourism and Battles
for Cultural Identity Chapter 6 Recapturing Identity: The "Life on the
Mountain" Exhibition at Shenandoah National Park Chapter 7
Epilogue-Interpreting for the Future