Transnational Tourism Experiences at Gallipoli [electronic resource] /
McKay, Jim.author.
This book offers a fresh account of the Anzac myth and the bittersweet emotional experience of Gallipoli tourists. Challenging the straightforward view of the Anzac obsession as a kind of nationalistic military Halloween, it shows how transnational developments in tourism and commemoration have created the conditions for a complex, dissonant emotional experience of sadness, humility, anger, pride and empathy among Anzac tourists. Drawing on the in-depth testimonies of travellers from Australia and New Zealand, McKay shines a new and more complex light on the history and cultural politics of the Anzac myth. As well as making a ground breaking, empirically-based intervention into the culture wars, this book offersnew insights into the global memory boom and transnational developments in backpacker tourism, sports tourism and “dark” or “dissonant” tourism.
Acknowledgements -- List of Maps & Tables -- List of Acronyms -- Chronology of the Gallipoli Campaign -- Chronology of Gallipoli Tourism -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Gallipoli Campaign -- Chapter 2: National Myths of Gallipoli -- Chapter 3: The Anzac Resurgence -- Chapter Four: A Transnational Perspective on Anzac -- Chapter Five: Context and Analytical Framework of the Study -- Chapter 6: Doing Transnational Tourism in Turkey -- Chapter 7: “The Better Angels of our Nature”?
This book offers a fresh account of the Anzac myth and the bittersweet emotional experience of Gallipoli tourists. Challenging the straightforward view of the Anzac obsession as a kind of nationalistic military Halloween, it shows how transnational developments in tourism and commemoration have created the conditions for a complex, dissonant emotional experience of sadness, humility, anger, pride and empathy among Anzac tourists. Drawing on the in-depth testimonies of travellers from Australia and New Zealand, McKay shines a new and more complex light on the history and cultural politics of the Anzac myth. As well as making a ground breaking, empirically-based intervention into the culture wars, this book offersnew insights into the global memory boom and transnational developments in backpacker tourism, sports tourism and “dark” or “dissonant” tourism.
Civilization-History.
Historiography.
Islands of the Pacific-History.
Cultural Studies.
Cultural History.
Memory Studies.
Sociology of Culture.
Australasian History.