Tourism and Memory
Visitor Experiences of the Nazi and GDR Past
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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 and Flossenbürg, the House of the Wannsee Conference and the former Stasi prison Bautzen II. It argues that memorial sites are melting pots where family, national and global narratives meet. For German visitors, the visit to memorial sites is a confrontation with Germany's responsibility for the two dictatorships while for international visitors it can be a form of 'seeing is believing'. Ultimately, it is the immediacy of the space that is the most important part of the visit.
Rooted in an interdisciplinary approach, this book will be of interest to academics and students in German Studies, Tourism and Heritage Studies, Museum Studies, Public History, and Memory Studies.
Based on visitor observations and exit interviews, this book examines how domestic and international visitors negotiate their visits to the concentration camp memorials Ravensbrück and Flossenbürg, the House of the Wannsee Conference and the former Stasi prison Bautzen II. It argues that memorial sites are melting pots where family, national and global narratives meet. For German visitors, the visit to memorial sites is a confrontation with Germany's responsibility for the two dictatorships while for international visitors it can be a form of 'seeing is believing'. Ultimately, it is the immediacy of the space that is the most important part of the visit.
Rooted in an interdisciplinary approach, this book will be of interest to academics and students in German Studies, Tourism and Heritage Studies, Museum Studies, Public History, and Memory Studies.
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.
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
| Erscheinungsdatum | 25.11.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Studies in Second World War History |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 440 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-367-64895-4 / 0367648954 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-367-64895-4 / 9780367648954 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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