Virtual Traumascapes and Exploring the Roots of Dark Tourism
Babu George author Maximiliano Korstanje author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:IGI Global
Published:12th Jul '17
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Mankind has been fascinated with and drawn to the macabre for many years. This is particularly evident in the growing popularity of dark tourism, which centers on locations known for death and suffering.
Virtual Traumascapes and Exploring the Roots of Dark Tourism is a pivotal reference source featuring the latest scholarly research in which the rise of new technology platforms is not only changing tourism worldwide, but also facilitating the access to areas of war, mourning, and disaster. Including coverage on a number of topics such as sexual tourism, disaster recovery, and capitalism, this publication is ideally designed for academicians, researchers, and students seeking current research on concepts and methodologies of the dark tourism industry.
Topics Covered: The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
- Capitalism
- Consumption
- Cultural Theory
- Culture
- Dark Tourism
- Disaster Recovery
- Disaster Tourism
- Globalization
- Museums
- Politics
- Poverty
- Sexual Tourism
- Thana Tourism
In a world seemingly beset with “dark” challenges, this timely contribution offers an innovative and insightful read of the various dimensions of dark tourism. With conceptual clarity and a clear trajectory provided between theory and practice, the book offers readers a number of engaging chapters that provide much clarity as well as providing much thought as to where the future lies for dark tourism. A highly thought-provoking and valuable read.""- Dr. Alan Fyall, University of Central Florida (USA)
""This collective volume provides new insight into a well-established field in tourism analysis. I was delighted to find out that different contributors’ conceptual, methodological and epistemological takes on what is commonly understood as ‘dark tourism’, might revive or revise scholarly debates, as well as curve alternative analytical pathways to academic and policy analysis. I happily recommend this as essential reading to students and practitioners in the subject area.""- Rodanthi Tzanelli, University of Leeds (UK)
ISBN: 9781522527503
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262 pages