1st Edition
Tourism and Memory Visitor Experiences of the Nazi and GDR Past
By Doreen Pastor
Copyright 2022
190 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
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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, this book examines how domestic and international visitors negotiate their visits to the concentration camp memorials Ravensbrück... Read more
1. Tourism to memorial sites 2. The institutionalisation of memory in Germany 3. The memorial sites of Flossenburg, Ravensbruck, Bautzen II and House of the Wannsee Conference 4. Visitor experiences at German memorial sites 5. German memory culture and tourism 6. The future of memory in Germany
Biography
Doreen Pastor has completed her Ph.D. in German Studies at the University of Bristol and is currently a lecturer in the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies at the University of Bath. Her research focuses on the memorialisation of the Nazi and GDR past in contemporary Germany, particularly how visitors engage with a challenging past in museums.
