1st Edition
Haunted Heritage The Cultural Politics of Ghost Tourism, Populism, and the Past
By Michele Hanks
Copyright 2015
205 Pages
by
Routledge
205 Pages
by
Routledge
205 Pages
by
Routledge
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Haunted Heritage is a fascinating scholarly examination of the dynamics of ghost or paranormal tourism. Michele Hanks explores how this phenomenon allows for the re-articulation and re-configuring of ideas of heritage, epistemic authority, nation, and belonging. Drawing on long-term ethnographic fieldwork, Hanks delves into the anthropological, sociological, political, historical, and cultural... Read more
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;
Biography
Hanks, Michele
