Add to ORKGPlantation house museums have come under increased scrutiny for obscuring or excluding altogether histories of enslaved laborers. Plantation sites have by-and-large re-cast the characters of the plantation, transforming spaces of Black labor into spaces of White leisure. However, changing tourist interests/demographics and increased research on representations of slavery have challenged the tradition of Lost Cause ideology as a centerpiece of interpretation at sites of slavery and the effective whitewashing of these formerly majority-Black spaces. Recently there has been a movement to find and implement more-complete interpretations of slavery at historic sites, evidenced by the opening of numerous museums and historic sites that have an in...
Every year millions of tourists visit historic sites throughout the world. In the American South, th...
The past two decades have witnessed momentous changes on the American South\u27s heritage landscape....
There has been a recent societal shift to investigate the enslaved’s lives more holistically, partic...
As more plantation museums across the US work to incorporate slavery into their historic interpretat...
During the 20th century, wealthy Northern families purchased hundreds of Antebellum plantation estat...
Plantations are one of the long-standing symbols of the U.S. South. Today, almost four hundred forme...
A large part of the tourism literature has focused on the phenomenon of slavery tourism, or the visi...
Heritage tourism plays an increasingly important yet controversial role in interpreting the emotiona...
In recent years, plantation tourism has become a prominent concern for many researchers, with studie...
Historical plantation museums have been criticized for biased interpretation practices that marginal...
The article presents an analysis of the operations of the Whitney Plantation Museum, which opened in...
Research has shown how little tour guides in the American South talk about slavery and the enslaved ...
Dr. Amy Potter, Assistant Professor of Geography at Georgia Southern will share findings from a mult...
Cultural research on plantations has largely focused on the house tour and its representations of sl...
Studies in the past have overwhelmingly shown how little tour guides in the American South talk abou...
Every year millions of tourists visit historic sites throughout the world. In the American South, th...
The past two decades have witnessed momentous changes on the American South\u27s heritage landscape....
There has been a recent societal shift to investigate the enslaved’s lives more holistically, partic...
As more plantation museums across the US work to incorporate slavery into their historic interpretat...
During the 20th century, wealthy Northern families purchased hundreds of Antebellum plantation estat...
Plantations are one of the long-standing symbols of the U.S. South. Today, almost four hundred forme...
A large part of the tourism literature has focused on the phenomenon of slavery tourism, or the visi...
Heritage tourism plays an increasingly important yet controversial role in interpreting the emotiona...
In recent years, plantation tourism has become a prominent concern for many researchers, with studie...
Historical plantation museums have been criticized for biased interpretation practices that marginal...
The article presents an analysis of the operations of the Whitney Plantation Museum, which opened in...
Research has shown how little tour guides in the American South talk about slavery and the enslaved ...
Dr. Amy Potter, Assistant Professor of Geography at Georgia Southern will share findings from a mult...
Cultural research on plantations has largely focused on the house tour and its representations of sl...
Studies in the past have overwhelmingly shown how little tour guides in the American South talk abou...
Every year millions of tourists visit historic sites throughout the world. In the American South, th...
The past two decades have witnessed momentous changes on the American South\u27s heritage landscape....
There has been a recent societal shift to investigate the enslaved’s lives more holistically, partic...