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Aura, thanatoplaces, and the construction of thanatourism emotions
Journal of Heritage Tourism, 2021 The present study addresses thanatourism emotions by focusing on tourists’ individual perceptions and the role of the thanatourism place (referred to as the thanatoplace).
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Slavery, Contested Heritage and Thanatourism
International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration, 2001Summary This article introduces a collection of eight revised papers that focus on the connection between slavery and tourism. After tracing the history of the former from its origins to the present day, and after providing some examples of related attractions, it confronts a number of dilemmas associated with their juxtaposition.
Graham M S Dann
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The Thanatourist: Collected tales of the thanatourism experience
, 2007 Whilst tourists' fascination with visiting sites associated with death and human tragedy has received considerable academic and media attention, the scholarly literature on socalled 'dark' or thanatourism remains fragmented. Subsequently, this thesis draws on a wide range of interdisciplinary literature and in depth, qualitative fieldwork to provide ...
Ria Ann Dunkley (13729298)
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War and thanatourism: Waterloo 1815–1914
Annals of Tourism Research, 1999Abstract This paper examines the historical evolution of Waterloo as a tourism mega-attraction. It locates battlefield visits as a form of thanatourism and explores the development of Waterloo through a sight sacralization model. The model proposes that an attractions appeal is achieved through progressive stages of marking which comes to invest it ...
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In sunshine and in shadow: adolescent girls and thanatourism in the early American Republic
Journal of Tourism History, 2020Children’s and adolescents’ tourist activities and patterns before the late nineteenth century have not garnered much scholarly attention.
Sharon Halevi
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The Fromelles Interment 2010: dominant narrative and reflexive thanatourism
Current Issues in Tourism, 2013 The heritage and tourism appeal of the First World War (1914–1918) battlefield sites holds similarities with past capital cities’ attractions and the cultural heritage, built structure and commemorative events fostered by government-backed narrative.
Clarke, Peter, McAuley, Andrew
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Thanatourism and the commodification of war tourism space in ex-Yugoslavia
, 2011 Humanity has a long standing fascination with death and disaster. Although dying has been partially sequestered from many western societies, death itself is the one true anthropological constant, encountered by every society through architecture, literature, language, institutions and many other human practices.
Johnston, Anthony
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Thanatourism in the early 21st century: moral panics, ulterior motives and alterior desires.
2004This chapter sketches out an overview of thanatourism's progress in the UK and the USA including its academic development, the moral panic that has surrounded it in the media, the debate about its motivations, its political and ideological effects, and its future, including the question as to whether it can properly be categorized as a single entity.
Lennon, John J., Seaton, A. V.
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