Recalling the ghosts of war: Performing tourism on the battlefields of the western front

Text and Performance Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 162-180

  Iles, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Battlefields; Enclavic tourist space; Performance; Tour guides; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255133195     PISSN: 10462937     EISSN: 14795760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10462930500519374     Document Type: Article

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