The Realms of Oblivion: An Excavation of the Davies Manor Historic Site's Omitted Stories

by Andrew C. Ross

The Realms of Oblivion explores the complexities involved in reconciling competing versions of history, channeled through Davies Manor, a historic site near Memphis that once centered a wealthy slave-owning family's sprawling cotton plantation. Interrogating the forces of memorialization that often go unquestioned in the stories we believe about ourselves and our communities, this book simultaneously tells an informative and engrossing bottom-up...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082650681X
• ISBN13: 9780826506818
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 280 Pages