Heritage That Hurts

Tourists in the Memoryscapes of September 11

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Archaeology
Cover of the book Heritage That Hurts by Joy Sather-Wagstaff, Taylor and Francis
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Author: Joy Sather-Wagstaff ISBN: 9781315427515
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: June 16, 2016
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Joy Sather-Wagstaff
ISBN: 9781315427515
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: June 16, 2016
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

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.

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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.

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