The darker side of travel : the theory and practice of dark tourism /
The darker side of travel : the theory and practice of dark tourism /
edited by Richard Sharpley and Philip R. Stone.
- Bristol, UK ; Buffalo, NY : Channel View Publications, c2009.
- ix, 275 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Aspects of tourism .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-273) and index.
Shedding light on dark tourism / Richard Sharpley -- Making absent death present : consuming dark tourism in contemporary society / Philip R. Stone -- Dark tourism : mediating between the dead and the living / Tony Walter -- Dark tourism : morality and new moral spaces / Philip R. Stone -- Purposeful otherness : approaches to the management of thanatourism / Tony Seaton -- (Re)presenting the macabre : interpretation, kitschification and authenticity / Richard Sharpley and Philip R. Stone -- Contested national tragedies : an ethical dimension / Craig Wight -- Dark tourism and political ideology : towards a governance model / Richard Sharpley -- "It's a bloody guide" : fun, fear and a lighter side of dark tourism at The Dungeon visitor attractions, UK / Philip R. Stone -- Battlefield tourism : bringing the organised violence back to life / Frank Baldwin and Richard Sharpley -- "Genocide tourism" / John Beech -- Museums, memorials and plantation houses in the Black Atlantic : slavery and the development of dark tourism / Alan Rice -- Life, death and dark tourism : future research directions and concluding comments / Richard Sharpley and Philip R. Stone.
9781845411152 (hbk) 1845411153 (hbk) 9781845411145 (pbk) 1845411145 (pbk) 9781845411169 (ebook) 1845411161 (ebook)
2009026026
Dark tourism.
War memorials.
Historic sites.
Death--Social aspects.
G155.A1 / D33 2009
338.4/791
Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-273) and index.
Shedding light on dark tourism / Richard Sharpley -- Making absent death present : consuming dark tourism in contemporary society / Philip R. Stone -- Dark tourism : mediating between the dead and the living / Tony Walter -- Dark tourism : morality and new moral spaces / Philip R. Stone -- Purposeful otherness : approaches to the management of thanatourism / Tony Seaton -- (Re)presenting the macabre : interpretation, kitschification and authenticity / Richard Sharpley and Philip R. Stone -- Contested national tragedies : an ethical dimension / Craig Wight -- Dark tourism and political ideology : towards a governance model / Richard Sharpley -- "It's a bloody guide" : fun, fear and a lighter side of dark tourism at The Dungeon visitor attractions, UK / Philip R. Stone -- Battlefield tourism : bringing the organised violence back to life / Frank Baldwin and Richard Sharpley -- "Genocide tourism" / John Beech -- Museums, memorials and plantation houses in the Black Atlantic : slavery and the development of dark tourism / Alan Rice -- Life, death and dark tourism : future research directions and concluding comments / Richard Sharpley and Philip R. Stone.
9781845411152 (hbk) 1845411153 (hbk) 9781845411145 (pbk) 1845411145 (pbk) 9781845411169 (ebook) 1845411161 (ebook)
2009026026
Dark tourism.
War memorials.
Historic sites.
Death--Social aspects.
G155.A1 / D33 2009
338.4/791