Description
Once upon a time, it was impossible to drive through the South without coming across signs to ""See Rock City"" or similar tourist attractions. From battlegrounds to birthplaces, and sites in between, heritage tourism has always been part of how the South attracts visitors and defines itself, yet such sites are often understudied in the scholarly literature.
As the contributors to this volume make clear, the narrative of southern history told at these sites is often complicated by race, influenced by local politics, and shaped by competing memories. Included are essays on the meanings of New Orleans cemeteries; Stone Mountain, Georgia; historic Charleston, South Carolina; Yorktown National Battlefield; Selma, Alabama, as locus of the civil rights movement; and the homes of Mark Twain, Margaret Mitchell, and other notables.
Destination Dixie reveals that heritage tourism in the South is about more than just marketing destinations and filling hotel rooms; it cuts to the heart of how southerners seek to shape their identity and image for a broader touring public now often made up of northerners and southerners alike.
About the Author
Karen L. Cox is professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the author of the award-winning Dixie's Daughters: The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Preservation of Confederate Culture and Dreaming of Dixie: How the South Was Created in American Popular Culture.
Reviews
"Fascinating narratives that examine challenging intersections of history, heritage, and memory encountered along the road to historic tourism." - Choice
"A thought-provoking, finely wrought collection, that reveals the complexities of telling and selling of southern history." - European Journal of American Studies
Book Information
ISBN 9780813060262
Author Karen L. Cox
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint University Press of Florida
Publisher University Press of Florida
Weight(grams) 333g
As the contributors to this volume make clear, the narrative of southern history told at these sites is often complicated by race, influenced by local politics, and shaped by competing memories. Included are essays on the meanings of New Orleans cemeteries; Stone Mountain, Georgia; historic Charleston, South Carolina; Yorktown National Battlefield; Selma, Alabama, as locus of the civil rights movement; and the homes of Mark Twain, Margaret Mitchell, and other notables.
Destination Dixie reveals that heritage tourism in the South is about more than just marketing destinations and filling hotel rooms; it cuts to the heart of how southerners seek to shape their identity and image for a broader touring public now often made up of northerners and southerners alike.
About the Author
Karen L. Cox is professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the author of the award-winning Dixie's Daughters: The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Preservation of Confederate Culture and Dreaming of Dixie: How the South Was Created in American Popular Culture.
Reviews
"Fascinating narratives that examine challenging intersections of history, heritage, and memory encountered along the road to historic tourism." - Choice
"A thought-provoking, finely wrought collection, that reveals the complexities of telling and selling of southern history." - European Journal of American Studies
Book Information
ISBN 9780813060262
Author Karen L. Cox
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint University Press of Florida
Publisher University Press of Florida
Weight(grams) 333g
