Heritage That Hurts: Tourists in the Memoryscapes of September 11 (Heritage, Tourism, and Community) (Volume 4)

Memorial sites, sites of “dark tourism,” are vernacular spaces that are continuously negotiated, constructed, and reconstructed into meaningful places. Using the locale of the 9/11 tragedy, Joy Sather-Wagstaff explores the constructive role played by tourists in understanding social, political, and emotional impacts of a violent event that has ramifications far beyond the local population. Through in-depth interviews, photographs, graffiti, even souvenirs, she compares the 9/11 memorial with other hurtful sites—the Oklahoma City National Memorial, Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial, and others—to show how tourists construct and disperse knowledge through performative activities, which make painful places salient and meaningful both individually and collectively. Memorial Sites Are Vernacular Spaces That Are Continuously Negotiated, Constructed, And Reconstructed Into Meaningful Places. Through In-depth Interviews, Photographs, And Graffiti, The Author Compares The 9/11 Memorial With Other Hurtful Sites To Show How Tourists Construct Knowledge Through Performative Activities. 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. Joy Sather-wagstaff. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 223-238) And Index. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of Illustrations Preface Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Memory, Space/Place, Tourism: Paradigms and Problems Chapter 3 Unpacking “Dark” Tourism Chapter 4 Consumption, Meaning, Commemoration Chapter 5 Marking Memorial Spaces, Making Dialogic Memoryscapes Chapter 6 The Material Culture of Violence and Commemoration in Public Display Chapter 7 The Social Life of Things: Material and Visual Culture of Travel and Personal Historiography Chapter 8 Conclusion: The Contest of Meaning and Cultures of Commemoration Appendix Notes References Index About the Author