The darker side of travel : the theory and practice of dark tourism / edited by Richard Sharpley and Philip R. Stone.
Series: Aspects of tourismPublication details: Bristol, UK ; Buffalo, NY : Channel View Publications, c2009. Description: ix, 275 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781845411152 (hbk); 1845411153 (hbk); 9781845411145 (pbk); 1845411145 (pbk); 9781845411169 (ebook); 1845411161 (ebook)Subject(s): Dark tourism | War memorials | Historic sites | Death -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 338.4/791 LOC classification: G155.A1 | D33 2009Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations |
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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.