Heritage that hurts : tourists in the memoryscapes of September 11 / / Joy Sather-Wagstaff

• Autore: Sather-Wagstaff Joy.
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (244 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.0973; 306.4/819; 306.4819
• Soggetto topico: Heritage tourism; War memorials; Holocaust memorials; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: First published 2011 by Left Coast Press, Inc.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1-Introduction; Chapter 2-Memory, Space/Place, Tourism: Paradigms and Problems; Chapter 3-Unpacking "Dark" Tourism; Chapter 4-Consumption, Meaning, Commemoration; Chapter 5-Marking Memorial Spaces, Making Dialogic Memoryscapes; Chapter 6-The Material Culture of Violence and Commemoration in Public Display; Chapter 7-The Social Life of Things: Material and Visual Culture of Travel and Personal Historiography; Chapter 8-Conclusion: The Contest of Meaning and Cultures of Commemoration; Appendix; Notes; References; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Heritage that hurts
• ISBN: 1-315-42752-4; 1-315-42753-2; 1-59874-668-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465515003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Heritage, tourism, and community.