Name/Title
Charming Charleston: Elite Construction of an Idealized History in Twentieth-Century TourismEntry/Object ID
2007.002.0114Description
Abstract: An innocuous tourist pamphlet? The hyperbolic claim of a self-important city? Or the relics of slavery-era paternalism and nostalgia in a twentieth century Southern city dominated by an elite class obsessed with heritage. The associations that leap from this pamphlet, published and widely distributed in the 1930s and 1940s advertising Charleston as a tourist destination for those seeking the aesthetic and historic, raise illuminating questions about the nature of tourism in Charleston. The artist could have chosen anybody to hold the door open to the incoming public, but he chose an elderly black gentleman, grasping the gate with a huge grin on his face, having taken his hat off, and with a slightly bowed posture. Inside the gate, the luscious gardens and blooming azaleas beckon, along with the steeples of the city’s churches in the distance. The image, in short, seems to invite a very specific audience into Charleston. This brochure markets Charleston tourism as packaged for tourists seeking to go back to olden times; they desired to view gardens, historic houses and landmarks, and in essence experience the Charleston of an antebellum planter, complete with a happily subservient and very visible black population.
123 leaves; typescriptCollection
Pamphlets, Guidebooks, Reports, Theses/DissertationsAcquisition
Accession
2007.002.Source or Donor
New Library Catalog Records (2007)Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
ReportNomenclature Sub-Class
Administrative RecordsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Tourism--South Carolina--Charleston, Culture and tourism--South Carolina--Charleston, Heritage tourism--South Carolina--Charleston, Historic sites--South Carolina--Charleston, Memory--Social aspects--South Carolina--Charleston, Charleston (S.C.)--Cultural policy, Charleston (S.C.)--Intellectual life, Charleston (S.C.)--Race relationsPublication Details
Author
Mossman, Ellen LouisePublisher
S.n.Date Published
2007Call No.
F279 .C447 M67 2007Notes
Copy No.: 0Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Other NumberOther Number
P134Location
Location
Shelf
Books-PamphletsRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023General Notes
Note
Notes: Paging begins at 10.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-123).
"Undergraduate Humanities Forum Research Fellows - Undergraduate Humanities Forum 2006-7: Travel."Created By
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October 31, 2007Updated By
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July 29, 2021