The darker side of travel : the theory and practice of dark tourism / edited by Richard Sharpley and Philip Stone.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sharpley, Richard, 1956-

Stone, Philip R.

Series:

Aspects of Tourism, No. 41

Aspects of Tourism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism.

War memorials.

Historic sites.

Death--Social aspects.

Death.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tonawanda, NY : Channel View Publications, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the last decade, the concept of dark tourism has attracted growing academic interest and media attention. Nevertheless, perspectives on and understanding of dark tourism remain varied and theoretically fragile whilst, to date, no single book has attempted to draw together the conceptual themes and debates surrounding dark tourism, to explore it within wider disciplinary contexts and to establish a more informed relationship between the theory and practice of dark tourism. This book meets the undoubted need for such a volume by providing a contemporary and comprehensive analysis of dark tourism.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Contributors

Chapter 1. Shedding Light on Dark Tourism: An Introduction

Chapter 2. Making Absent Death Present: Consuming Dark Tourism in Contemporary Society

Chapter 3. Dark Tourism: Mediating Between the Dead and the Living

Chapter 4. Dark Tourism: Morality and New Moral Spaces

Chapter 5. Purposeful Otherness: Approaches to the Management of Thanatourism

Chapter 6. (Re)presenting the Macabre: Interpretation, Kitschifi cation and Authenticity

Chapter 7. Contested National Tragedies: An Ethical Dimension

Chapter 8. Dark Tourism and Political Ideology: Towards a Governance Model

Chapter 9. ‘It’s a Bloody Guide’: Fun, Fear and a Lighter Side of Dark Tourism at The Dungeon Visitor Attractions, UK

Chapter 10. Battlefield Tourism: Bringing Organised Violence Back to Life

Chapter 11. ‘Genocide Tourism’

Chapter 12. Museums, Memorials and Plantation Houses in the Black Atlantic: Slavery and the Development of Dark Tourism

Chapter 13. Life, Death and Dark Tourism: Future Research Directions and Concluding Comments

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-46673-9

9786612466731

1-84541-116-1

OCLC:

593253904