Gothic tourism
Subtitle: constructing haunted England
By: Emma McEvoy
Series: Palgrave gothic
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781137391285
Subjects: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Media Tie-In; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies; Heritage tourism; Gothic Architecture; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Media Studies; Haunted places
Description: "From Strawberry Hill to The Dungeons, Alton Towers to Barnageddon, Gothic tourism is a fascinating, and sometimes controversial area. Looking at Fonthill Abbey, phantasmagoria shows, the Gothic design of 18th-century duchess, Elizabeth Percy, at Alnwick Castle, and the oeuvre of Horace Walpole, Gothic Tourism considers the origins of Gothic tourism, and Gothic itself as a touristic mode. It covers the Chamber of Horrors and looks at Madame Tussaud's, past and present, discussing waxworks as objects of horror and the uncanny, and the phenomenon of the Gothic museum. It also looks at the Berry Pomeroy Castle and considers the processes by which, over 230 years, the building acquired its haunted reputation. Ghost walks, prison museums, Severs' House, scare attractions, the Necrobus and a poison garden provide the opportunity to discuss Gothic tourism's relationships with literature, film, folklore, heritage management, arts programming, and the 'edutainment' business"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introduction1. Strawberry Hill: Performed Architecture, Houses of Fiction and the Gothic Aesthetic 2. Madame Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors: Wounded Spectators, Perverse Appetites and Gothic History 3. London's Gothic Tourism: West End Ghosts, Southwark Horrors and an Unheimlich Home 4. Ghost Walking 5. Becoming a Haunted Castle: Literature, Tourism and Folklore at Berry Pomeroy 6. A Tale of Three Castles: Gothic and Heritage Management 7. 'Boo to Taboo': Cultural Tourism and Respectable Gothic Conclusion.