Slavery, Contested Heritage, And Thanatourism International Journal Of Hospitality & Tourism Administration

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Slavery, Contested Heritage And Thanatourism / Graham M. S. Dann And A. V. Seaton -- Slavery, Heritage And Tourism In Ghana / Patience Essah -- Supplanting The Planters: Hawking Heritage In Barbados / Graham M. S. Dann And Robert B. Potter -- The Marketing Of Slavery Heritage In The United Kingdom / John G. Beech -- Sources Of Slavery-destinations Of Slavery: The Silences And Disclosures Of Slavery Heritage In The Uk And Us / A. V. Seaton -- Aunt Jemima And Uncle Mose Travel The Usa: The Marketing Of Memory Through Tourist Souvenirs / Kenneth Goings -- Whitewashing Plantations: The Commodification Of A Slave-free Antebellum South / David L. Butler -- Gloria And Anthony Visit A Plantation: History Into Heritage At Laura: A Creole Plantation / Elli Lester Roushanzamir And Peggy J. Kreshel -- From Civil War To Civil Rights: Selling Alabama As Heritage Tourism / Glenn T. Eskew. Graham M.s. Dann, A.v. Seaton, Editors. ... Has Been Co-published Simultaneously As International Journal Of Hospitality & Tourism Administration, Volume 2, Numbers 3/4 2001. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Articles collected here focus on British and American slavery in the New World and those instances where its remnants have been put to use by today's tourism industry. Specific subjects include slavery, heritage, and tourism in Ghana and Barbados, the marketing of memory through tourist souvenirs, the commodification of a slave-free antebellum South, and selling Alabama as heritage tourism. Some material originated at an April 2000 conference held at the College of Charleston. Dann is professor of tourism, and Seaton is professor of tourism behavior, at the University of Luton, UK. This work has been co-published simultaneously as International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration, v. 2, nos. 3/4, 2001. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR This books introduces a collection of nine revised papers that focus on the connection between slavery and tourism. After tracing the history of the former from its origins to the present day, and after providing some examples of related attractions, it confronts a number of dilemmas associated with their juxtaposition. A brief overview of the contributions to the volume is supplied, along with some epistemological and methodological concerns that they raise. Slavery tourism is finally contextualized within a framework of thanatourism, dark tourism and dissonant heritage, a field which in turn poses several questions for further research into this new and exciting phenomenon. -- Publisher First published in 2002. This book explores the inter-relationship between two discrete and contrasting phenomena: the inglorious history of slavery and modern-day heritage tourism. Recommended reading for those with an interest in the heritage tourism debate and the appropriation of the past as a tourism attraction.