Heritage that hurts: tourists in the memoryscapes of September 11

Ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Memory, space/place, tourism : paradigms and problems -- ch. 3. Unpacking "dark" tourism -- ch. 4. Consumption, meaning, commemoration -- ch. 5. Marking memorial spaces, making dialogic memoryscapes -- ch. 6. The material culture of violence and commemoration in public display -- ch. 7. The social life of things : material and visual culture of travel and personal historiography -- ch. 8. Conclusion: The contest of meaning and cultures of commemoration.

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.

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 Me