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Summary
Summary
This book sets out to explore �dark tourism�; that is, the representation of inhuman acts, and how these are interpreted for visitors at a number of places throughout the world, for example the sites of concentration camps in both Western and Eastern Europe. Many people wish to experience the reality behind the media images, or are prompted to find out more by a personal association with places or events. The phenomenon raises ethical issues over the status and nature of objects, the extent of their interpretation, the appropriate political and managerial response and the nature of the experience as perceived by the visitor, their residents and local residents. Events, sites, types of visit and �host� reactions are considered in order to construct the parameters of the concept of �dark tourism�. Many acts of inhumanity are celebrated as heritage sites in Britain (for example, the Tower of London, Edinburgh Castle), and the Berlin Wall has become a significant attraction despite claiming many victims.
Author Notes
Best known for his work with the world-renowned rock group, The Beatles, John Winston Lennon was born in Liverpool, England on October 9, 1940 to Alfred and Julia Stanley Lennon. Lennon was married twice, first to Cynthia Powell in 1962, with whom he had a child, John Julian, and later, in 1969, to Yoko Ono, the mother of his son Sean Taro Ono.
Lennon was involved in various late 1950s British musical groups. He helped establish the Beatles in the early 1960s, teaming up with fellow Beatle Paul McCartney to write numerous bestselling popular songs including "Revolution" and "Strawberry Fields Forever." The Beatles' universal fame also resulted in their starring in such films as "Help!" and "A Hard Day's Night."
When he met and married Yoko Ono in 1969, Lennon legally changed his name to John Ono Lennon. It was with Ono that he collaborated on several musical projects following the breakup of The Beatles. Lennon and Ono also gained notoriety from such public acts as being filmed and interviewed in bed, as a form of peace protest.
John Lennon also had a string of post-Beatle solo music successes and he published satirical poems and stories. He moved to New York City and on December 8, 1980, he was shot to death outside his home in the Dakota building, by a deranged ex-fan, Mark David Chapman. He and Ono had just finished recording a new album "Double Fantasy." After its release, one of the songs, "Starting Over" was released as a single and rejuvenated his musical fame as his fans mourned his passing.
Each year, on the anniversary of John Lennon's death, his fans throughout the world hold memorial services. Strawberry Fields, New York City's Central Park, further commemorates him.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews 1
Choice Review
Tourism has many faces. This fascinating volume explores a lesser-known aspect of tourism: the continuing appeal of places where truly bad things happened. Why do thousands of people continue to prowl among the artless memorials on the battlefield at Gettysburg? Why do 900,000 people each year tour the Nazi death camp at Dachau? Why is the USS Arizona memorial a nearly obligatory objective for tourists to Hawaii? For historians or those with personal or family experiences involved, the answers are clear; for others there is some deep psychology at work. The authors (Glasgow Caledonian Univ., UK) visit many such sites including that of President Kennedy's assassination and, more unusually, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The writing is clear, well documented, and supported by photographs and tables; but it is largely historical in its approach. There are no relevant interviews with visitors to these grim locations, and no cogent discussion of the psychology involved. Tourism of course brings money, which largely explains the continued promotion of such places; but in the end the reader is still left wondering wherein lies the attraction of these black dots on the tourism map. For general as well as tourism studies collections. Public and academic libraries. J. R. McDonald emeritus, Eastern Michigan University
Table of Contents
| 1 Intimations of Dark Tourism |
| 2 Instances of Dark Tourism |
| 3 The Third Reich and the Final Solution |
| 4 The Death Camps of Poland |
| 5 Covering History: The Interpretation of the Channel Islands Occupation,1939-45 |
| 6 The Death Site of a President |
| 7 War Sites of the First and Second World Wars |
| 8 North Cyprus: Disappointing Performance with ?Dark? Edges |
| 9 Dislocation: The US Holocaust Museum |
| 10 The Future of Dark Tourism: From the Final Solution to the End of History |
| Bibliography |
| Index |
