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Darker Side of Travel : The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism.
Title:
Darker Side of Travel : The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism.
Author:
Sharpley, Richard.
ISBN:
9781845411169
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (285 pages)
Series:
Aspects of Tourism, No. 41 ; v.No. 4

Aspects of Tourism, No. 41
Contents:
Contents -- Contributors -- Part 1 Dark Tourism: Theories and Concepts -- 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 -- Part 2 Dark Tourism: Management Implications -- Chapter 5 Purposeful Otherness: Approaches to the Management of Thanatourism -- Chapter 6 (Re)presenting the Macabre: Interpretation, Kitschification and Authenticity -- Chapter 7 Contested National Tragedies: An Ethical Dimension -- Chapter 8 Dark Tourism and Political Ideology: Towards a Governance Model -- Part 3 Dark Tourism in Practice -- 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.
Abstract:
Offers a comprehensive analysis of dark tourism. Drawing on literature, numerous examples and introducing conceptual perspectives, this book develops a theoretically informed foundation for examining the demand for and supply of dark tourism experiences.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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