50 Dark Destinations

Name: 50 Dark Destinations
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SKU: 9781447362197
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Crime and Contemporary Tourism

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50 Dark Destinations explores the phenomenon of 'dark tourism', delving into 50 sites across six continents that reveal the darker aspects of history and contemporary society. Expert criminologists, psychologists, and historians examine locations like the Alcatraz East Crime Museum, Jack the Ripper tours, and the Phnom Penh killing fields, shedding light on the hidden harms and unresolved issues tied to these tourist hotspots. This accessible guide invites readers to reflect on how leisure travel often intersects with crime, violence, and memory.
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This book is suited for readers interested in crime, history, psychology, and cultural studies, particularly those curious about the ethical and social implications of tourism linked to violence and trauma.

From the Alcatraz East Crime Museum to Jack the Ripper guided tours, 'dark tourism' is now a multi-million-pound global industry. Highlighting 50 travel destinations across six continents, expert criminologists, psychologists and historians expose a worrying trend in contemporary consumer culture in which many of us partake.

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From the Alcatraz East Crime Museum and Jack the Ripper guided tours to the Phnom Penh killing fields, 50 Dark Destinations explores 'dark tourism', a multi-million-pound global industry. Even in the most pleasant tourist destinations, underlying harms are constantly perpetuated, affecting both consumers and those who work or live around such tourist hotspots.

Highlighting 50 travel destinations across six continents, expert criminologists, psychologists and historians delve into the past and contemporary issues which we often disregard during our everyday leisure.

This captivating book is the go-to guide for anyone interested in crime and deviance-related tourism. Accessible and digestible, it exposes a worrying trend in contemporary consumer culture, in which many of us partake.

Fun and scholarly, engaging and academic, interesting and intellectual, and should be widely read by anyone interested in violence, trauma, memory, memorialization, war, museums, and history. The subject matter is gruesome and chilling but at the same time accessible and illuminating. - Kevin Walby, University of Winnipeg

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781447362197

Publisher: Bristol University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 March 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Policy Press

Illustration: 5 Illustrations, black and white

Contributors:

Contributions by Alice Storey
Contributions by Angus Nurse
Contributions by Anna Sergi
Contributions by Anthony Lloyd
Contributions by Ben Colliver
Contributions by Craig Ancrum
Contributions by Dan Rusu
Contributions by David Wilson
Contributions by Donna Yates

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 424

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Adam Lynes is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Birmingham City University.

Craig Kelly is Lecturer in Criminology at Birmingham City University.

James Treadwell is Professor in Criminology at Staffordshire University.