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

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part 1: Dark Tourism: Theories and Concepts -- Chapter 1. Shedding Light on Dark Tourism: An Introduction / Sharpley, Richard -- Chapter 2. Making Absent Death Present: Consuming Dark Tourism in Contemporary Society / Stone, Philip R. -- Chapter 3. Dark Tourism: Mediating Between the Dead and the Living / Walter, Tony -- Chapter 4. Dark Tourism: Morality and New Moral Spaces / Stone, Philip R. -- Part 2: Dark Tourism: Management Implications -- Chapter 5. Purposeful Otherness: Approaches to the Management of Thanatourism / Seaton, Tony -- Chapter 6. (Re)presenting the Macabre: Interpretation, Kitschifi cation and Authenticity / Sharpley, Richard / Stone, Philip R. -- Chapter 7. Contested National Tragedies: An Ethical Dimension / Wight, Craig -- Chapter 8. Dark Tourism and Political Ideology: Towards a Governance Model / Sharpley, Richard -- Part 3: Dark Tourism in Practice -- Chapter 9. ‘It’s a Bloody Guide’: Fun, Fear and a Lighter Side of Dark Tourism at The Dungeon Visitor Attractions, UK / Stone, Philip R. -- Chapter 10. Battlefield Tourism: Bringing Organised Violence Back to Life / Baldwin, Frank / Sharpley, Richard -- Chapter 11. ‘Genocide Tourism’ / Beech, John -- Chapter 12. Museums, Memorials and Plantation Houses in the Black Atlantic: Slavery and the Development of Dark Tourism / Rice, Alan -- Chapter 13. Life, Death and Dark Tourism: Future Research Directions and Concluding Comments / Sharpley, Richard / Stone, Philip R. -- References -- Index