Heritage that hurts : tourists in the memoryscapes of September 11 /
Sather-Wagstaff, Joy.
Heritage that hurts : tourists in the memoryscapes of September 11 / Tourists in the memoryscapes of September 11 Joy Sather-Wagstaff. - Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, c2011. - 243 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Heritage, tourism and community . - Heritage, tourism, and community. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-238) and index.
Introduction -- Memory, space/place, tourism : paradigms and problems -- Unpacking "dark" 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.
Memorial sites are vernacular spaces that are continuously negotiated, constructed, and reconstructed into meaningful places. Through in-depth interviews, photographs, and graffiti, the author compares the 9/11 memorial with other hurtful sites to show how tourists construct knowledge through performative activities.
9781598745436 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1598745433 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781598745443 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1598745441 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2010044938
Heritage tourism.
War memorials.
Holocaust memorials.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
G156.5.H47 / S37 2011
306.4/819
Heritage that hurts : tourists in the memoryscapes of September 11 / Tourists in the memoryscapes of September 11 Joy Sather-Wagstaff. - Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, c2011. - 243 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Heritage, tourism and community . - Heritage, tourism, and community. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-238) and index.
Introduction -- Memory, space/place, tourism : paradigms and problems -- Unpacking "dark" 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.
Memorial sites are vernacular spaces that are continuously negotiated, constructed, and reconstructed into meaningful places. Through in-depth interviews, photographs, and graffiti, the author compares the 9/11 memorial with other hurtful sites to show how tourists construct knowledge through performative activities.
9781598745436 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1598745433 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781598745443 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1598745441 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2010044938
Heritage tourism.
War memorials.
Holocaust memorials.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
G156.5.H47 / S37 2011
306.4/819