Encountering Nazi Tourism Sites

ISBN-13: 9781138097339 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 206 str.

Derek Dalton

Opis

Encountering Nazi Tourism Sites explores how the terrible legacy of Nazi criminality is experienced by tourists, bridging the gap between cultural criminology and tourism studies to make a significant contribution to our understanding of how Nazi criminality is evoked and invoked in the landscape of modern Germany.

Spis treści

Introduction: Surveying the Holocaust tourism memorial field in Germany.  1 Profane splendour: the Wannsee House.  2 The Topography of Terror: the foundations of Nazi rule.  3 Wewelsburg Castle: against an SS phantasia  4 The Anne Frank House/Museum.  5 Concentration camp tourism in Germany: two encounters  6 The Jewish Museum Berlin: encountering trauma.  7 Berlin Holocaust memorials: marking past atrocity in the space of the city  Conclusion: Nazi crime-related tourism in contemporary Germany

O autorze

Derek Dalton is an Associate Professor conducting research into gay hate homicide, the representation of homosexuality in popular culture, and crime-themed tourism and memorialisation. He lives in South Australia, loves dogs and going to the cinema to see arthouse films.