LEADER 03402nam 2200601 450 001 9910151642003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8130-5118-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000948646 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4746902 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001597701 035 $a(OCoLC)956478988 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse53585 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4746902 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11300923 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL971902 035 $a(OCoLC)965164573 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000948646 100 $a20161208h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aMythic frontiers $eremembering, forgetting, and profiting with cultural heritage tourism /$fDaniel R. Maher ; foreword by Paul A. Shackel 210 1$aGainesville, Florida :$cUniversity Press of Florida,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (313 pages) $cillustrations, photographs 225 1 $aCultural Heritage Studies 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2016. 311 $a0-8130-6253-5 311 $a0-8130-5599-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe significance of the frontier complex in American history -- The frontier complex in Fort Smith, Arkansas -- The peacekeeper's violence -- The hanging judge's injustices -- The invincible marshal's oppression -- The hello bordello and brave men matrix -- Performing "Frontier in the attic" -- Doubling down on the wager of frontier tourism. 330 $aThe history of the Wild West has long been fictionalized in novels, films, and television shows. Catering to these popular representations, towns across America have created tourist sites connecting such tales with historical monuments. Yet these attractions stray from known histories in favor of the embellished past visitors expect to see and serve to craft a cultural memory that reinforces contemporary ideologies. In Mythic Frontiers, Daniel Maher illustrates how aggrandized versions of the past, especially those of the "American frontier," have been used to turn a profit. These imagined historical sites have effectively silenced the violent, oppressive, colonizing forces of manifest destiny and elevated principal architects of it to mythic heights. Examining the frontier complex in Fort Smith, Arkansas--where visitors are greeted at a restored brothel and the reconstructed courtroom and gallows of "Hanging Judge" Isaac Parker feature prominently--Maher warns that creating a popular tourist narrative and disconnecting cultural heritage tourism from history minimizes the devastating consequences of imperialism, racism, and sexism and relegitimizes the privilege bestowed upon white men. 410 0$aCultural heritage studies. 606 $aHeritage tourism$zArkansas$zFort Smith 606 $aCulture and tourism$zArkansas$zFort Smith 606 $aTourism$zArkansas$zFort Smith 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHeritage tourism 615 0$aCulture and tourism 615 0$aTourism 676 $a976.736 700 $aMaher$b Daniel R.$0883443 702 $aShackel$b Paul A. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910151642003321 996 $aMythic frontiers$91973223 997 $aUNINA