Studies in the past have overwhelmingly shown how little tour guides in the American South talk about slavery and the enslaved during tours of plantation homes (see for example Eichstedt and Small 2002; Modlin 2008; Modlin et al 2011) but most of this literature fails to directly engage with the docents themselves. This research builds upon this prior work but ultimately diverges in two very important ways: first in this study, the researchers take a different methodological approach and interview docents working at four Louisiana plantation homes directly foregrounding their voices; second, our research suggests that there is a shift occurring as a number of plantations are incorporating slavery into their depictions of the antebellum past...
During the 20th century, wealthy Northern families purchased hundreds of Antebellum plantation estat...
Racism or reality? Interpretations represented in public exhibitions evaluated When a museum pres...
The past two decades have witnessed momentous changes on the American South\u27s heritage landscape....
Studies in the past have overwhelmingly shown how little tour guides in the American South talk abou...
Research has shown how little tour guides in the American South talk about slavery and the enslaved ...
Tourists come to museums with varied expectations and leave appreciating different aspects of their ...
Heritage tourism plays an increasingly important yet controversial role in interpreting the emotiona...
© 2016, © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper examines owners of ...
Plantation house museums have come under increased scrutiny for obscuring or excluding altogether hi...
Plantations are one of the long-standing symbols of the U.S. South. Today, almost four hundred forme...
166 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006.Through the examination of pr...
Cultural research on plantations has largely focused on the house tour and its representations of sl...
This article begins with a brief explanation of personal experiences on plantation tours. It follows...
Every year millions of tourists visit historic sites throughout the world. In the American South, th...
I investigate how plantation museums in Virginia that focus on the colonial or early republic period...
During the 20th century, wealthy Northern families purchased hundreds of Antebellum plantation estat...
Racism or reality? Interpretations represented in public exhibitions evaluated When a museum pres...
The past two decades have witnessed momentous changes on the American South\u27s heritage landscape....
Studies in the past have overwhelmingly shown how little tour guides in the American South talk abou...
Research has shown how little tour guides in the American South talk about slavery and the enslaved ...
Tourists come to museums with varied expectations and leave appreciating different aspects of their ...
Heritage tourism plays an increasingly important yet controversial role in interpreting the emotiona...
© 2016, © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper examines owners of ...
Plantation house museums have come under increased scrutiny for obscuring or excluding altogether hi...
Plantations are one of the long-standing symbols of the U.S. South. Today, almost four hundred forme...
166 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006.Through the examination of pr...
Cultural research on plantations has largely focused on the house tour and its representations of sl...
This article begins with a brief explanation of personal experiences on plantation tours. It follows...
Every year millions of tourists visit historic sites throughout the world. In the American South, th...
I investigate how plantation museums in Virginia that focus on the colonial or early republic period...
During the 20th century, wealthy Northern families purchased hundreds of Antebellum plantation estat...
Racism or reality? Interpretations represented in public exhibitions evaluated When a museum pres...
The past two decades have witnessed momentous changes on the American South\u27s heritage landscape....