Michele Hanks

Haunted Heritage

The Cultural Politics of Ghost Tourism, Populism, and the Past

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In Haunted Heritage, author Michele Hanks draws on long-term ethnographic fieldwork to delve into the anthropological, sociological, political, historical, and cultural factors that drive the burgeoning business of ghost or paranormal tourism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 205
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781611322262
• ISBN-10: 161132226X
• Artikelnr.: 41028282

Autorenporträt

Hanks, Michele

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Ghost Tourism and the Production of Haunted Heritage; Chapter
1 Constructing Haunted Destinations: An Analysis of Ghosts on TV, in Travel
Literature, and in the Museum; Chapter 2 Discourses and Enactments of
Belief and Transformation on Ghost Walks and Commercial Ghost Hunts;
Chapter 3 Staging Ghost Hunts: The Roles of Knowledge, Expertise, and
Science in Ghost Tourism; Chapter 4 Encountering the Ghostly: Mediumship,
Populism, and the Articulation of Amateur Expertise; Chapter 5 "This is the
Real England": Discourses of Authenticity, National Belonging, and
Difference; conclusion The Populist Logic of Haunted Heritage and its
Consequences;