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Year:: 2023
Contributor:: Oliver, Avery C. (creator); Hamlin, Françoise (thesis advisor); Guterl, Matthew (reader); Ater, Renée (reader); Brown University. Africana Studies (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: race; Tourism; Space; Guidebooks
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26300/yt3q-br65

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Abstract:: This project explores themes of Black community, mobility, and the inclusion of underrepresented narratives in perceptions of space. It positions the Green Book as a response to prominent nineteenth- and twentieth-century guidebooks. While these books excluded and immobilized Black communities through their depictions of race, specifically descriptions of Black “slums,” the Green Book served as a counter-map. It gave voice to marginalized Black communities and granted them mobility through white spaces to counter confinement and isolation. This project tackles the following questions: How did guidebooks have the power to include or exclude? How did guidebooks and their narratives represent Black spaces? Finally, how did guidebooks, explicitly designed to present and advertise space, either restrict or liberate Black communities? Research methods consist of close readings and analyses of Rand McNally guidebooks and The Negro Motorist’s Green Book to evaluate how both guidebooks mapped Black spaces, as well as historical research and theoretical practices.
Notes:: Senior thesis (AB)--Brown University, 2023; Concentration: Africana Studies

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Oliver, Avery C., "“Mapping Where Once Ignored”: Narratives of Black Spaces in Traditional Guidebooks vs. The Green Book" (2023). Africana Studies Theses and Dissertations. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.26300/yt3q-br65

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Africana Studies Theses and Dissertations

Theses and Dissertations for the Africana Studies department.
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“Mapping Where Once Ignored”: Narratives of Black Spaces in Traditional Guidebooks vs. The Green Book