The Darker Side of Travel ：The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism

Publication series ：1

Author： Sharpley   Prof. Richard;Stone   Philip R.  

Publisher： Channel View Publications‎

Publication year： 2009

E-ISBN: 9781845411169

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781845411145

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9781845411145

Subject： F590.7 各类型旅游

Keyword： 贸易经济

Language： ENG

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Description

This book is a contemporary and comprehensive analysis of dark tourism. Drawing on existing literature, numerous examples and introducing new conceptual perspectives, it develops a theoretically informed foundation for examining the demand for and supply of dark tourism experiences.

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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

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