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The Darker Side of Travel - 9781845411145

Un libro in lingua di Sharpley Richard (EDT) Stone Philip R. (EDT) edito da Channel View Books, 2009

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Dark Tourism has been going on for millennia but it has only recently been defined, labeled and studied. Sharpley (tourism and development, University of Central Lancaster. Preston, UK) and Stone, also at Central Lancaster and editor of the Dark Tourism Forum, present essays that address several facets of dark tourism. These are divided into three parts. The first looks at theories of dark tourism, asking why people are drawn to sites of disasters or pay to see skinned and cured bodies at the "Body World" exhibit. The articles here wrestle with the moral ambiguities of the issue. The second section discusses the tour itself, partially from the point of view of the tour operators. These essays ask where the line is crossed between remembrance and exploitation, even by governments. The final section looks at dark tourism in practice, using examples from tours of "haunted" houses to battlefield tours, genocide tours and visits to sites associated with Atlantic slavery. Clearly, this is a topic that deserves more study, including of the psychological benefits and dangers of going on a dark tour. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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