The American South: From Civil Rights Struggle to Civil Rights Tourism
In recent years the American South has become the platform for an authenticity seeking tourism industry. Former sites of civil rights action have been revived and transformed into tourist attractions. The following paper introduces the notion of so-called civil rights tourism and presents a critical...
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| description | In recent years the American South has become the platform for an authenticity seeking tourism industry. Former sites of civil rights action have been revived and transformed into tourist attractions. The following paper introduces the notion of so-called civil rights tourism and presents a critical analysis of current sites of civil rights commemoration throughout the American South. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-55c8fbaa173c46d99ca8bf1669f0d4072022-12-21T23:14:32ZengGöttingen University PressAmerican Studies Journal1433-52392012-01-01565The American South: From Civil Rights Struggle to Civil Rights TourismDorit WagnerIn recent years the American South has become the platform for an authenticity seeking tourism industry. Former sites of civil rights action have been revived and transformed into tourist attractions. The following paper introduces the notion of so-called civil rights tourism and presents a critical analysis of current sites of civil rights commemoration throughout the American South.http://www.asjournal.org/archive/56/209.htmlUnited StatesAmericaSouthpoliticspresidencycivil rights movementmemoryculturememorymuseumtourism: historic sites |
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| title | The American South: From Civil Rights Struggle to Civil Rights Tourism |
| title_full | The American South: From Civil Rights Struggle to Civil Rights Tourism |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The American South: From Civil Rights Struggle to Civil Rights Tourism |
| title_short | The American South: From Civil Rights Struggle to Civil Rights Tourism |
| title_sort | american south from civil rights struggle to civil rights tourism |
| topic | United States America South politics presidency civil rights movement memory culture memory museum tourism: historic sites |
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