"The real south starts here": Whiteness, the confederacy, and commodification at Stone Mountain

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 211-227

  Essex, Jamey ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commodification; Social memory; Stone Mountain; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

HERITAGE TOURISM; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; RACIAL IDENTITY;

GEORGIA; STONE MOUNTAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036870530     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sgo.2002.0029     Document Type: Article

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