The darker side of travel the theory and practice of dark tourism / edited by Richard Sharpley and Philip R. Stone.
| Other author | Sharpley, Richard, 1956- |
| Other author | Stone, Philip R. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Bristol, UK ; Buffalo, NY : Channel View Publications, |
| Description | ix, 275 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Aspects of tourism |
| Contents | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-273) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009026026 |
| ISBN | 9781845411152 (hbk) |
| ISBN | 1845411153 (hbk) |
| ISBN | 9781845411145 (pbk) |
| ISBN | 1845411145 (pbk) |
| ISBN | 9781845411169 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 1845411161 (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |