Research Catalog

Title

Dark tourism / John Lennon and Malcolm Foley.

Author

Lennon, John.

Publication

London ; New York : Continuum, 2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

Foley, Malcolm.

Description

vii, 184 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"A large number of sites associated with war, genocide, assassination and other tragic events have become significant tourist destinations. The authors of this volume call this phenomenon 'dark tourism', and they set out to explore it in detail, looking at possible reasons why tourists visit these attractions - for remembrance, for education, or even for entertainment." "Dark-tourism sites present governments and other authorities with moral and ethical dilemmas. Recent tragic history often confronts the dynamics of commercial development and exploitation. Complex issues are raised surrounding the extent and nature of interpretation, the appropriate political and managerial response and the nature of the experience perceived by visitors, local residents, victims and their relatives."--Jacket.

Alternative Title

Dark tourism : the attraction of death and disaster

Subject

• Tourism
• War memorials
• Historic sites
• Holocaust memorials

Note

• Originally published: 2000.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographic references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Intimations of dark tourism -- Instances of dark tourism -- The Third Reich and the final solution -- The death camps of Poland -- Covering history: the interpretation of the Channel Islands occupation, 1939-1945 -- The death site of a President -- War sites of the First and Second World Wars -- North Cyprus: disappointing performance with "dark" edges -- Dislocation: the US Holocaust Memorial Museum -- The future of dark tourism: from the final solution to the end of history.

ISBN

• 0826450636
• 0826450644 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2001270509

OCLC

• 44603703
• SCSB-11077266

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library