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The Rise of Thana-Capitalism and Tourism (Paperback)
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We live in a society that is bombarded by news of accidents,
disasters and terrorist attacks. We are obsessed by the presence of
death. It is commodified in newspapers, the media, entertainment
and in our cultural consumption. This book explores the notion of
an emergent class of "death-seekers" who consume the spectacle of
the disaster, exploring spaces of mass death and suffering. Sites
that are obliterated by disasters or tragic events are recycled and
visually consumed by an international audience, creating a
death-seekers economy. The quest for the suffering of others allows
for a much deeper reinterpretation of life, and has captivated the
attention of many tourists, visiting sites such as concentration
camps, disasters zones, abandoned prisons, and areas hit by
terrorism. This book explores the notion of the death-seekers
economy, drawing on the premise that the society of risk as
imagined by postmodern sociology sets the pace to a new society:
thana-capitalism. The chapters dissect our fascination with other's
suffering, what this means for our own perceptions of the self, and
as a tourist activity. It also explores the notion of an economy of
impotence, where citizens feel the world is out of control. This
compelling book will be interest to students and scholars
researching dark tourism, tourist behaviour, disaster studies,
cultural studies and sociology.
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