UID:
almahu_9949385253002882
Format:
1 online resource (ix, 180 pages).
ISBN:
9781003126836
,
1003126839
,
9781000466102
,
1000466108
,
9781000466072
,
1000466078
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Second World War History
Content:
"This book considers tourism to memorial sites from a visitor's point of view, challenging established theories in tourism and memory studies by critically appraising Germany's often celebrated memory culture. Based on visitor observations and exit interviews, the book examines how domestic and international visitors negotiate their visits to the concentration camp memorials Ravensbrück and Flossenbürg, the House of the Wannsee Conference and the former Stasi prison Bautzen II. It argues that memorial sites are melting pots where family, national and global narratives meet. For German visitors, the visit to memorial sites is a confrontation with Germany's responsibility for the two dictatorships while for international visitors it can be a form of 'seeing is believing'. Ultimately, it is the immediacy of the space that is the most important part of the visit. Rooted in an interdisciplinary approach, this book will be of interest to academics and students in German Studies, Tourism and Heritage Studies, Museum Studies, Public History, and Memory Studies"--
Note:
Tourism to memorial sites -- The institutionalisation of memory in Germany -- The memorial sites of Flossenbürg, Ravensbrück, Bautzen II and House of the Wannsee Conference -- Visitor experiences at German memorial sites -- German memory culture and tourism -- The future of memory in Germany.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Pastor, Doreen, 1980- Tourism and memory Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 ISBN 9780367648954
Language:
English
Keywords:
History.
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Electronic books.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003126836
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