Transnational Tourism Experiences at Gallipoli
Synopsis
This book offers a fresh account of the Anzac myth and the bittersweet emotional experience of Gallipoli tourists. Challenging the straightforward view of the Anzac obsession as a kind of nationalistic military Halloween, it shows how transnational developments in tourism and commemoration have created the conditions for a complex, dissonant emotional experience of sadness, humility, anger, pride and empathy among Anzac tourists. Drawing on the in-depth testimonies of travellers from Australia and New Zealand, McKay shines a new and more complex light on the history and cultural politics of the Anzac myth. As well as making a ground breaking, empirically-based intervention into the culture wars, this book offers new insights into the global memory boom and transnational developments in backpacker tourism, sports tourism and “dark” or “dissonant” tourism.Book details
- Author:
- Jim McKay
- ISBN:
- 9789811300264
- Related ISBNs:
- 9789811300257
- Publisher:
- Springer Singapore, Singapore
- Pages:
- N/A
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- No
- Date of addition:
- 2018-11-07
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Copyright by:
- Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Australiana, History, Language Arts, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies, Sociology