Heritage That Hurts: Tourists in the Memoryscapes of September 11

244 Pages·2011·57.074 MB·English

by  Joy Sather-Wagstaff

HERITAGE THAT HURTS
HERITAGE, TOURISM, AND COMMUNITY
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Heritage That Hurts: Tourists in the Memoryscapes of
September 11, Joy Sather-Wagstaff
HERITAGE THAT HURTS
Tourists in the Memoryscapes
of September 11
Joy Sather-Wagstaff
First published 2011 by Left Coast Press, Inc.
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Sather-Wagstaff, Joy.
Heritage that hurts: tourists in the memoryscapes of September 11 /
Joy Sather-Wagstaff.
p. cm.—(Heritage, tourism, and community)
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-59874-543-6 (hardcover: alk. paper)—ISBN 978-1-59874-544-3
(pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Heritage tourism. 2. War memorials. 3. Holocaust memorials. 4. September 11
Terrorist Attacks, 2001. I. Title.
G156.5.H47S37 2011
306.4’819—dc22
2010044938
ISBN 978-1-59874-543-6 hardcover
ISBN 978-1-59874-544-3 paperback
To Sean Sather-Wagstaff
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Contents
List of Illustrations 9
Preface 11
Chapter 1 Introduction 19
Chapter 2 Memory, Space/Place, Tourism: Paradigms 39
and Problems
Chapter 3 Unpacking “Dark” Tourism 67
Chapter 4 Consumption, Meaning, Commemoration 89
Chapter 5 Marking Memorial Spaces, Making Dialogic 115
Memoryscapes
Chapter 6 The Material Culture of Violence and 149
Commemoration in Public Display
Chapter 7 The Social Life of Things: Material and 171
Visual Culture of Travel and Personal
Historiography
Chapter 8 Conclusion: The Contest of Meaning 191
and Cultures of Commemoration
Appendix 203
Notes 211
References 223
Index 239
About the Author 243
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Illustrations
Figure 1.1 Map at the World Trade Center visitor’s kiosk 19
Figure 1.2 WTC site 27
Figure 2.1 WTC viewing wall item left by a visitor 39
Figure 3.1 Editorial cartoon by Ted Rall 84
Figure 3.2 Graffi ti in the Liberty St. walkway 87
Figure 4.1 Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 91
sign on the WTC viewing wall
Figure 4.2 Vendor tables at Liberty Park, adjacent to 92
the WTC site
Figure 5.1 “Tribute in Light” 115
Figure 5.2 Port Authority of New York and New 120
Jersey sign on the viewing wall
Figure 5.3 Graffi ti on the viewing wall 124
Figure 5.4 Graffi ti on the viewing wall 124
Figure 5.5 Graffi ti in the Liberty walkway 125
Figure 5.6 “Hands Joined” banner 128
Figure 5.7 “Save The Cross” poster 128
Figure 5.8 Visitors reading and writing on Edward’s 129
fl ag project
Figure 5.9 Viewing wall assemblage 130
Figure 5.10 Reading cards on the viewing wall assemblage 135
Figure 5.11 Banner from Pasco County, Florida 136