Heritage That Hurts Tourists in the Memoryscapes of September 11 |
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| Author:
| Sather-Wagstaff, Joy |
| Series title: | Heritage, Tourism and Community Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61132-519-5 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2012 |
| Publisher: | Left Coast Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $36.95 |
Book Description:
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Memorial sites, sites of "dark tourism," are vernacular spaces that are continuously negotiated, constructed, and reconstructed into meaningful places. Using the locale of the 9/11 tragedy, Joy Sather-Wagstaff explores the constructive role played by tourists in understanding social, political, and emotional impacts of a violent event that has ramifications far beyond the local population. Through in-depth interviews, photographs, graffiti, even souvenirs, she...
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Memorial sites, sites of "dark tourism," are vernacular spaces that are continuously negotiated, constructed, and reconstructed into meaningful places. Using the locale of the 9/11 tragedy, Joy Sather-Wagstaff explores the constructive role played by tourists in understanding social, political, and emotional impacts of a violent event that has ramifications far beyond the local population. Through in-depth interviews, photographs, graffiti, even souvenirs, she compares the 9/11 memorial with other hurtful sites-the Oklahoma City National Memorial, Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, and others-to show how tourists construct and disperse knowledge through performative activities, which make painful places salient and meaningful both individually and collectively.