Heritage That Hurts Tourists in the Memoryscapes of September 11.

Memorial sites, sites of dark tourism, are vernacular spaces that are continuously negotiated, constructed, and reconstructed into meaningful places. Using the locale of the 9/11 tragedy, Joy Sather-Wagstaff explores the constructive role played by tourists in understanding social, political, and em...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sather-Wagstaff, Joy (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Walnut Creek : Left Coast Press 2011.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Heritage, tourism and community.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b34678797*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1-Introduction; Chapter 2-Memory, Space/Place, Tourism: Paradigms and Problems; Chapter 3-Unpacking "Dark" Tourism; Chapter 4-Consumption, Meaning, Commemoration; Chapter 5-Marking Memorial Spaces, Making Dialogic Memoryscapes; Chapter 6-The Material Culture of Violence and Commemoration in Public Display; Chapter 7-The Social Life of Things: Material and Visual Culture of Travel and Personal Historiography; Chapter 8-Conclusion: The Contest of Meaning and Cultures of Commemoration; Appendix; Notes; References; Index; About the Author.