ISBN:
1845411161
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9781845411169
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 275 pages)
Series Statement:
Aspects of tourism
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DDC:
338.4/791
Keywords:
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism
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Death / Social aspects
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Historic sites
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Tourism
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War memorials
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Gesellschaft
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Industrie
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Wirtschaft
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Tourism
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War memorials
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Historic sites
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Death Social aspects
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Katastrophentourismus
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Katastrophentourismus
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-273) and index
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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
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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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