Below are drafts of my chapters in progress. I post these online as I write them for the sake of transparency for those who have graciously agreed to do interviews with me, without which this book would not be possible. The drafts below are messy and incomplete, but I also welcome your thoughts if you want to correct my characterization of something you’ve told me, or if you’ve had an experience you’d like to share. Please email me at [email protected] to make a correction or tell me about your experience.
Part One
Introduction: The Old Stone Fort Remembered
Here’s to the Bizarre: Making the Early Memory of the Revolution
We’re not reenacting 1976: The Bicentennial and Beyond
Bugs in My Ear: Why People Reenact
Part Two
My Grandma Sewed Too: Connecting with the Public
We Can’t Tell the Reenactors About This: Research and Museums
The Black Bonnet Problem: Translating Research to Objects
Don’t Tell Anyone You Saw Me Here: Academic History and Reenacting
Part Three
Do You Guys Own Slaves? Race, Nationhood, and Reenacting
More Authentic Than a Beer Gut: Gender and Gender Play in Reenacting