When 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. \;Behind th e Big House \;gives 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&rsquo\;s eight-year collaborati on with the \;Behind the Big House \;program\, a community-based m odel used at local historic sites to address slavery in the collective nar rative of U.S. history and culture. \;
\nIn laying out her exper iences through an autoethnographic approach\, Skipper seeks to help other activist scholars of color negotiate the nuances of place\, the academic p ublic sphere\, and its ambiguous systems of reward\, recognition\, and eva luation.
\nJodi Skipper \;is an associate professor of Anthropol ogy and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. She is co-edito r of \;Navigating Souths: Transdisciplinary Explorations of a U.S. Region.
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