Virtual traumascapes and exploring the roots of dark tourism
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Virtual traumascapes and exploring the roots of dark tourism
（Advances in hospitality, tourism, and the services industry (AHTSI) book series）（Premier reference source）
Business Science Reference, an imprint of IGI Global, c2018
- : hardcover
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Mankind has been fascinated with and drawn to the macabre for many years. This is particularly evident in the growing popularity of dark tourism, which centers on locations known for death and suffering.
Virtual Traumascapes and Exploring the Roots of Dark Tourism is a pivotal reference source featuring the latest scholarly research in which the rise of new technology platforms is not only changing tourism worldwide, but also facilitating the access to areas of war, mourning, and disaster. Including coverage on a number of topics such as sexual tourism, disaster recovery, and capitalism, this publication is ideally designed for academicians, researchers, and students seeking current research on concepts and methodologies of the dark tourism industry.
Topics Covered: The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
Capitalism
Consumption
Cultural Theory
Culture
Dark Tourism
Disaster Recovery
Disaster Tourism
Globalization
Museums
Politics
Poverty
Sexual Tourism
Thana Tourism
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1- Emotionality, Reason, and Dark Tourism: Discussions Around the Sense of Death
Chapter 2- Museums of Dark Mythologies in the Tourist Place
Chapter 3- Going to the Dark Sites With Intention: Construction of Niche Tourism
Chapter 4- On the Use of Qualitative Comparative Analysis to Identify the Bright Spots in Dark Tourism
Chapter 5- Research Methods in Dark Tourism Fields
Chapter 6- Political Reflections on Dark Tourism: The Case of Turkey
Chapter 7- Dark Tourism as a Form of Governmentality of Fear
Chapter 8- Death and Culture: Is Thana-Tourism Symptomatic of the End of Capitalism?
Chapter 9- Animal Sexual Abuse and the Darkness of Touristic Immorality
Chapter 10- Banalizing the Alterity: When Suffering Turns Attractive
Conclusion
Compilation of References
About the Contributors
Index
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