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Thanatourism : case studies in travel to the dark side / [edited by] Pascal Mandelartz and Tony Johnston.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Goodfellow Publishers Ltd, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: x, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 191015833X
  • 9781910158333
  • 1910158348
  • 9781910158340
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: ThanatourismDDC classification:
  • 306.4819 23
LOC classification:
  • G156.5.D37 T43 2016eb
Contents:
1. Blogging on the Dark Side of Travel: Consuming the Siege of Sarajevo / Tony Johnston -- 2. Urban Exploration: Attraction of Decay and Adandonment or a First Step in Tourism Development? / Pascal Mandelartz -- 3. Site Management and Consuming Death: The Attraction of Death, Disaster and the Macabre / Peter Wiltshier -- 4. Goth Tourism: Sun, Sea, Sex and Dark Leisure? Insights into the Tourist Identity of the Gothic Culture / Pascal Mandelartz -- 5. Deborah: Having a Personal Connection to what has been Variously Described as Dark Tourism, Thanatourism, Death Tourism and Macabre Tourism / Tim Heap -- 6. Museums of Genocide: The Tensions between Authenticity and the Original Article / Geoff Shirt -- 7. 'Don't Fear the Reaper': The Value of Understanding Morality in Adventure Tourism / Duncan Marson -- 8. Life after the Back Death: How Dark Tourism Sheds Light on History - A Case Study of Eyam's Success in Creating a Future from the Past / John Philips -- 9. 'Welcome to the Home of Auschwitz Tours': The Online Marketing of Genocide Tourism / Tony Johnston, Francisco Tigre-Moura, Pascal Mandelartz -- 10. 'Which Part of this is on the Exam?' Journeys into Darkness with School Groups -- John Heap -- Conclusion / Pascal Mandelartz & Tony Johnston.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Blogging on the Dark Side of Travel: Consuming the Siege of Sarajevo / Tony Johnston -- 2. Urban Exploration: Attraction of Decay and Adandonment or a First Step in Tourism Development? / Pascal Mandelartz -- 3. Site Management and Consuming Death: The Attraction of Death, Disaster and the Macabre / Peter Wiltshier -- 4. Goth Tourism: Sun, Sea, Sex and Dark Leisure? Insights into the Tourist Identity of the Gothic Culture / Pascal Mandelartz -- 5. Deborah: Having a Personal Connection to what has been Variously Described as Dark Tourism, Thanatourism, Death Tourism and Macabre Tourism / Tim Heap -- 6. Museums of Genocide: The Tensions between Authenticity and the Original Article / Geoff Shirt -- 7. 'Don't Fear the Reaper': The Value of Understanding Morality in Adventure Tourism / Duncan Marson -- 8. Life after the Back Death: How Dark Tourism Sheds Light on History - A Case Study of Eyam's Success in Creating a Future from the Past / John Philips -- 9. 'Welcome to the Home of Auschwitz Tours': The Online Marketing of Genocide Tourism / Tony Johnston, Francisco Tigre-Moura, Pascal Mandelartz -- 10. 'Which Part of this is on the Exam?' Journeys into Darkness with School Groups -- John Heap -- Conclusion / Pascal Mandelartz & Tony Johnston.

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