The darker side of travel
Subtitle: the theory and practice of dark tourism
By: edited by Richard Sharpley and Philip R. Stone.
Contributors: Sharpley, Richard, 1956-; Stone, Philip
Series: Aspects of tourism
Publisher: Channel View Publications
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bristol, UK; Buffalo, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9781845411152; 9781845411145; 9781845411169
Subjects: Tourism; War memorials; Historic sites; Death -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-273) and index.
Table of contents: title: Shedding light on dark tourism / Richard Sharpley; title: Making absent death present : consuming dark tourism in contemporary society  / Philip R. Stone; title: Dark tourism : mediating between the dead and the living / Tony Walter; title: Dark tourism : morality and new moral spaces / Philip R. Stone; title: Purposeful otherness : approaches to the management of thanatourism / Tony Seaton; title: (Re)presenting the macabre : interpretation, kitschification and authenticity / Richard Sharpley and Philip R. Stone; title: Contested national tragedies : an ethical dimension / Craig Wight; title: Dark tourism and political ideology : towards a governance model / Richard Sharpley; title: "It's a bloody guide" : fun, fear and a lighter side of dark tourism at The Dungeon visitor attractions, UK / Philip R. Stone; title: Battlefield tourism : bringing the organised violence back to life / Frank Baldwin and Richard Sharpley; title: "Genocide tourism" / John Beech; title: Museums, memorials and plantation houses in the Black Atlantic : slavery and the development of dark tourism / Alan Rice; title: Life, death and dark tourism : future research directions and concluding comments / Richard Sharpley and Philip R. Stone.