‘Dark tourism’ and the ‘kitschification’ of 9/11

Tourist Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 232-249

  Potts, Tracey j ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

9 11; dark tourism; division of the sensible; iconoclash; kitsch; spectacle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871492145     PISSN: 14687976     EISSN: 17413206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468797612461083     Document Type: Article

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