Sather-Wagstaff, Joy.

Heritage that hurts : tourists in the memoryscapes of September 11 / Tourists in the memoryscapes of September 11 Joy Sather-Wagstaff. - Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, c2011. - 243 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Heritage, tourism and community . - Heritage, tourism, and community. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-238) and index.

Introduction -- Memory, space/place, tourism : paradigms and problems -- Unpacking "dark" tourism -- Consumption, meaning, commemoration -- Marking memorial spaces, making dialogic memoryscapes -- The material culture of violence and commemoration in public display -- The social life of things : material and visual culture of travel and personal historiography -- Conclusion: The contest of meaning and cultures of commemoration.

9781598745436 (hbk.) 1598745433 (hbk.) 9781598745443 (pbk.) 1598745441 (pbk.)


Heritage tourism.
War memorials.
Holocaust memorials.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

306.4819 / SAT 2011