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Explores the popular yet troubling phenomenon of ghost tours, frequently promoted and experienced at plantations, urban manor homes, and cemeteries throughout the US South. Examining popular sites and stories from these tours, Tiya Miles shows that haunted tales routinely appropriate and skew African American history to produce representations of slavery for commercial gain.

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Shines a valuable light on how we feel about the Civil War and race, and on how the ghosts of the past are still with us."" - North Carolina Historical Review

""Imagery portrayed within each story . . . will keep readers on the edge of their seats in anticipation of the next sentence, waiting to hear how each narrative plays out."" - Choice

""A page-turner. . . . Should serve as a call to historic sites to undertake the hard work of telling complex stories about the past that enable visitors to gain a deeper understanding of the complexity of African American lives under slavery. . . . Highly recommend[ed] . . . to public historians, scholars of slavery and its current-day legacies, and anyone interested in the gothic South."" - Journal of Southern History

Tales from the Haunted South

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    A Paperback by Tiya Miles

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      Publisher The University of North Carolina Press
      Published 1/30/2017 12:08:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781469636146
      978-1469636146
      ISBN-10 146963614X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores the popular yet troubling phenomenon of ghost tours, frequently promoted and experienced at plantations, urban manor homes, and cemeteries throughout the US South. Examining popular sites and stories from these tours, Tiya Miles shows that haunted tales routinely appropriate and skew African American history to produce representations of slavery for commercial gain.

      Trade Review
      Shines a valuable light on how we feel about the Civil War and race, and on how the ghosts of the past are still with us."" - North Carolina Historical Review

      ""Imagery portrayed within each story . . . will keep readers on the edge of their seats in anticipation of the next sentence, waiting to hear how each narrative plays out."" - Choice

      ""A page-turner. . . . Should serve as a call to historic sites to undertake the hard work of telling complex stories about the past that enable visitors to gain a deeper understanding of the complexity of African American lives under slavery. . . . Highly recommend[ed] . . . to public historians, scholars of slavery and its current-day legacies, and anyone interested in the gothic South."" - Journal of Southern History

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