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Behind the Big House: Reconciling Slavery, Race, and Heritage in the U.S. South (Humanities and Public Life)

Jodi Skipper

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When residents and tourists visit sites of slavery, whose stories are told? All too often the lives of slaveowners are centered, obscuring the lives of enslaved people. Behind the Big House gives readers a candid, behind-the-scenes look at what it really takes to interpret the difficult history of slavery in the U.S. South. The book explores Jodi Skipper’s eight-year collaboration with the Behind the Big House program, a community-based model used at local historic sites to address slavery in the collective narrative of U.S. history and culture.

In laying out her experiences through an autoethnographic approach, Skipper seeks to help other activist scholars of color negotiate the nuances of place, the academic public sphere, and its ambiguous systems of reward, recognition, and evaluation.

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ISBN10:: 1609388178

ISBN13:: 9781609388171

kindle Asin:: B09QH4D8B6

Behind the Big House: Reconciling Slavery, Race, and Heritage in the U.S. South (Humanities and Public Life)

Jodi Skipper

4.18/5 (17 ratings)

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When residents and tourists visit sites of slavery, whose stories are told? All too often the lives of slaveowners are centered, obscuring the lives of enslaved people. Behind the Big House gives readers a candid, behind-the-scenes look at what it really takes to interpret the difficult history of slavery in the U.S. South. The book explores Jodi Skipper’s eight-year collaboration with the Behind the Big House program, a community-based model used at local historic sites to address slavery in the collective narrative of U.S. history and culture.

In laying out her experiences through an autoethnographic approach, Skipper seeks to help other activist scholars of color negotiate the nuances of place, the academic public sphere, and its ambiguous systems of reward, recognition, and evaluation.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:

Language:

ISBN10:: 1609388178

ISBN13:: 9781609388171

kindle Asin:: B09QH4D8B6

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