{"product_id":"behind-the-big-house-reconciling-slavery-race-and-heritage-in-the-u-s-south-9781609388171","title":"Behind the Big House: Reconciling Slavery, Race,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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. \u003ci\u003eBehind the Big House \u003c\/i\u003egives 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword by Anne Valk and Teresa Mangum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 Thank You, Cousin Geneva! \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 Heritage Tourism in Mississippi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 The Behind the Big House Program\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 Reconciling Race\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 Academic Values and Public Scholarship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue What to Throw Away and What to Keep\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix A Historic Site Evaluation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix B Small-Group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscussion Questions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Iowa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041656766807,"sku":"9781609388171","price":22.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781609388171.jpg?v=1750951176","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/behind-the-big-house-reconciling-slavery-race-and-heritage-in-the-u-s-south-9781609388171","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}