Read Glassberg, Sense of History, chapter 4 (on Ken Burns’ The Civil War). Think about the techniques that Burns used to make his epic documentary. In class we will view portions of it and HBO’s documentary Unchained Memories, in which noted African American film celebrities read slave narratives collected by WPA workers in the 1930s.
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November 6: Transforming Heritage Tourism: Plantation Tours
For today, read the following items:
Eichstedt & Small, Representations of Slavery, chapter 8 (available on ECR)
Brown, “New Signpost at Slavery’s Crossroads,” New York Times, Dec. 16, 2004
Stodghill, “Driving Back Into Louisiana’s History,” New York Times, May 25, 2008
Rutenberg, “Dueling Visions of the Old South,” New York Times, Sept. 13, 2009
In class we will examine some [...]
The Past and the Future Embodied in Two Charleston Attractions’ Stories of the Old South
Here’s a good New York Times article about two competing versions of the Old South’s history as told at two popular tourist sites: Drayton Hall and Magnolia Gardens. We will return to the topic of presenting the past at historic plantations in November, so this will be a nice preview if you are so inclined!
CULTURED [...]
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