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Dark Tourism in the American West (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
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Dark Tourism in the American West (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
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This edited collection expands scholarly and popular conversations
about dark tourism in the American West. The phenomenon of dark
tourism-traveling to sites of death, suffering, and disaster for
entertainment or educational purposes-has been described and, on
occasion, criticized for transforming misfortune and catastrophe
into commodity. The impulse, however, continues, particularly in
the American West: a liminal and contested space that resonates
with stories of tragedy, violent conflict, and disaster.
Contributions here specifically examine the mediation and shaping
of these spaces into touristic destinations. The essays examine
Western sites of massacre and battle (such as Sand Creek Massacre
National Historic Site and the "Waco Siege"), sites of imprisonment
(such as Japanese-American internment camps and Alcatraz Island),
areas devastated by ecological disaster (such as Martin's Cove and
the Salton Sea), and unmediated sites (those sites left to the
touristic imagination, with no interpretation of what occurred
there, such as the Bennet-Arcane camp).
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