Heritage That Hurts Tourists in the Memoryscapes of September 11

Name: Heritage That Hurts Tourists in the Memoryscapes of September 11
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ISBN: 9781598745443

ISBN-10: 1598745441

ISBN-13: 9781598745443

Edition: 2010

Authors: Joy Sather-Wagstaff

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Memorial sites, sites of "dark tourism," 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 sites-the Oklahoma City National Memorial, Vietnam Veteranrs"s Memorial, and others-to show how tourists construct and disperse knowledge through performative activities, which make…

Book details

List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 2/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 243
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface



Introduction



Memory, Space/Place, Tourism: Paradigms and Problems



Unpacking ï¿½Darkï¿½ Tourism



Consumption, Meaning, Commemoration



Marking Memorial Spaces, Making Dialogic Memoryscapes



The Material Culture of Violence and Commemoration in Public Display



The Social Life of Things: Material and Visual Culture of Travel and Personal Historiography



Conclusion: The Contest of Meaning and Cultures of Commemoration


Appendix


Notes


References


Index


About the Author