ISBN:
9781598746686
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (244 pages)
Series Statement:
Heritage, Tourism & Community v.4
DDC:
306.0973
Keywords:
Tourismus
;
Gedenkstätte
;
Kollektives Gedächtnis
;
Elfter September
;
USA
Abstract:
Memorial sites, sites of âdark tourism,â 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 emotional impacts of a violent event that has ramifications far beyond the local population. Through in-depth interviews, photographs, graffiti, even souvenirs, she compares the 9/11 memorial with other hurtful sitesâthe Oklahoma City National Memorial, Vietnam Veteranâs Memorial, and othersâto show how tourists construct and disperse knowledge through performative activities, which make painful places salient and meaningful both individually and collectively.
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