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Speaking for the Enslaved: Heritage Interpretation at Antebellum Plantation Sites

Antoinette T. Jackson
4.9/5 (9805 ratings)
Description: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 sitesOCoincluding the one on which that the ancestors of First Lady Michelle Obama livedOCoeveryday 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Speaking for the Enslaved: Heritage Interpretation at Antebellum Plantation Sites. To get started finding Speaking for the Enslaved: Heritage Interpretation at Antebellum Plantation Sites, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
179
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Left Coast Press
Release
2014
ISBN
1598745506

Speaking for the Enslaved: Heritage Interpretation at Antebellum Plantation Sites

Antoinette T. Jackson
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
Description: 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 sitesOCoincluding the one on which that the ancestors of First Lady Michelle Obama livedOCoeveryday 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Speaking for the Enslaved: Heritage Interpretation at Antebellum Plantation Sites. To get started finding Speaking for the Enslaved: Heritage Interpretation at Antebellum Plantation Sites, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
179
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Left Coast Press
Release
2014
ISBN
1598745506

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