The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism
Key Features\ advances theoretical knowledge and understanding of dark tourism in the context of the cultural condition and social institutions within contemporary societies\ develops a rigorous theoretical framework for the analysis of dark tourism in practice.\ identifies key issues associated with the management of dark sites, including ethical, political, authenticity and interpretation issues.\ The Darker Side of Travel is a contemporary and comprehensive analysis of dark tourism....
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The Darker Side of Travel is a contemporary and comprehensive analysis of dark tourism. Drawing on existing literature, numerous examples and introducing new conceptual perspectives, it develops a theoretically informed foundation for examining the demand for and supply of dark tourism experiences. It also explores issues relevant to the development, management and interpretation of visitor sites and attractions associated with death, disaster and suffering.
1 Shedding light on dark tourism: an introduction Richard Sharpley2 Making absent death present-consuming dark tourism in contemporary society Philip R. Stone3 Dark tourism: mediating between the dead and the living Tony Walter4 Dark tourism: morality and new moral spaces Philip R. Stone5 Purposeful otherness: approaches to the management of thanatourism Tony Seaton6 (Re)presenting the Macabre: interpretation, kitschification and authenticity Richard Sharpley Philip R. Stone7 Contested national tragedies: an ethical dimension Craig Wight8 Dark tourism and political ideology: towards a governance model Richard Sharpley9 'It's a Bloody Guide'-Fun, fear and a lighter side of dark tourism at The Dungeon visitor attractions, UK Philip R. Stone10 Battlefield tourism: bringing organised violence back to life Frank Baldwin Richard Sharpley11 'Genocide tourism' John Beech12 Museums, memorials and plantation houses in the Black Atlantic Alan RiceLife, Death and Dark Tourism: future research directions and concluding comments Richard Sharpley Philip R. Stone
