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Sites Of Historical Amusement: Tourism And The Recontextualization Of American History, Brendan Murphy
Sites Of Historical Amusement: Tourism And The Recontextualization Of American History, Brendan Murphy
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Through the analysis of a theatrical event staged in Brooklyn, New York, entitled Black America (1895), this thesis interrogates cultural heritage tourism of the past and present and introduces a new classification of tourist site, “site of historical amusement.” In this current political moment, one during which regional pride and latent racism are bubbling to the surface, this study advocates for the continued interrogation of how the American story is bought and sold.
Sites of historical amusement are historically themed spaces that sell a recontextualized narrative that strips complexity from history, effectively flattening the past in order to create a …