The darker side of travel : the theory and practice of dark tourism / edited by Richard Sharpley and Philip R. Stone.
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.
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| Language: | English |
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Bristol, UK ; Buffalo, NY :
Channel View Publications,
©2009.
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| Series: | Aspects of tourism ;
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Table of Contents:
- 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.