The Darker Side of Travel The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism

by Sharpley, Richard; Stone, Philip R.

• ISBN13: 9781845411152
• ISBN10: 1845411153
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-08-25
• Publisher: Channel View Publications

Summary

The Darker Side of Travel is a contemporary and comprehensive analysis of dark tourism. Drawing on existing literature, numerous examples and introducing new conceptual perspectives, it develops a theoretically informed foundation for examining the demand for and supply of dark tourism experiences. It also explores issues relevant to the development, management and interpretation of visitor sites and attractions associated with death, disaster and suffering.

Author Biography

Richard Sharpley is Professor of Tourism and Development at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK. His principal research interests are within the fields of tourism and development, island tourism, rural tourism and the sociology of tourism. Philip R. Stone is a former Management Consultant within the tourism and hospitality sector, and is presently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. He teaches tourism, hospitality and event management at undergraduate and postgraduate level. His primary research interests revolve around dark tourism consumption and its relationship with contemporary society.

Table of Contents

Shedding light on dark tourism: an introduction

Making absent death present - consuming dark tourism in contemporary society

Dark tourism: mediating between the dead and the living

Dark tourism: morality and new moral spaces

Purposeful otherness: approaches to the management of thanatourism

(Re)presenting the Macabre: interpretation, kitschification and authenticity

Contested national tragedies: an ethical dimension

Dark tourism and political ideology: towards a governance model

'It's a Bloody Guide' - Fun, fear and a lighter side of dark tourism at The Dungeon visitor attractions, UK

Battlefield tourism: bringing organised violence back to life

'Genocide tourism'

Museums, memorials and plantation houses in the Black Atlantic

Life, Death and Dark Tourism: future research directions and concluding comments

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