Virtual Dark Tourism : Ghost Roads

Virtual Dark Tourism : Ghost Roads - Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book takes the concept of "dark tourism"-journeys to sites of death, suffering, and calamity-in an innovative yet essential direction by applying it to the virtual realms of literature, film and television, the Internet, and gaming. Essays focus both on the creative construction of imaginary journeys and the historiographic and civic consequences of such memorializations. From World War II time-travel novels to Game of Thrones, and from Internet reproductions of Rwandan genocide locations to invented tragedies in futuristic domains, authors from various fields examine the purpose and influence of simulated travels to morbid sites. Designed for a wide audience of scholars and travelers virtual and real, this volume raises awareness about the many pathways through which we encounter death experiences in contemporary society. What we know about the past-or, what we think we know about it-is shaped daily by such imagined journeys as these.

Book information

ISBN: 9783319746869
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
DEWEY: 338.4791
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 323
Weight: 576g
Height: 157mm
Width: 218mm
Spine width: 26mm