Sather-Wagstaff, Joy. <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-238) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781598745436 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1598745433 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781598745443 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1598745441 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010044938 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Heritage tourism.<br/>War memorials.<br/>Holocaust memorials.<br/>September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>G156.5.H47  / S37 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.4/819