1st Edition
America’s Horror Stories U.S. History through Dark Tourism
136 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
136 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
136 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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America’s Horror Stories: U.S. History through Dark Tourism conducts a ghost tour(ist) methodology to explore how slavery and racism are represented in dark tourism via ghost tours.
The authors travel to key sites of racist U.S. history, including Salem, Massachusetts, where a witch panic was sparked by accusations of witchcraft by Tituba, an enslaved woman practicing Voodoo; New Orleans,... Read more
Introduction. Ghosting Dark Tourism 1. Summoned to Salem 2. Soul Searching in New Orleans 3. Escape from the Myrtles Plantation 4. Conjuring the Confederacy. Conclusion. Toward a Critical Ghost Tourism
Biography
Kevin Revier is an assistant professor in the Sociology/Anthropology Department at SUNY Cortland, U.S.A.
Favian Alejandro Martín is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice at Arcadia University, U.S.A.
