Thanatourism, or dark tourism, describes travel to sites primarily or partially associated with death and disaster. Travel to have 'encounters with death' is not a new phenomenon but is now one of the fastest growing areas for debate and research in the study of tourism. Thanatourism: Case Studies in Travel to the Dark Side is an important new overview of the growing field. It introduces a wealth of empirical material on the contemporary and historical consumption of death through case studies designed to stretch and challenge current discourse. Contexts presented in the book include-• well known religious sites • battlefield locations • genocide camps • lesser known exhibition centres and a plague site. The book takes a broad methodological approach and discusses both research and teaching approaches in thanatourism as well as acknowledging the emotive and subjective nature of the field. It is an essential new resource for all those who research or teach in the area as well as for upper level students.
