Wise Dark Tourism and Rural Crime

Crime and Punishment in Rural Australia
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-5292-1926-5
Verlag: Bristol University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Research in Rural Crime

Bringing a unique rural lens to the analysis of dark tourism in Australia, this book covers a range of sites including convict museums, sites of serial killings and colonial violence, ghost tours and the emerging tourism of bushfire sites.

While some rural communities develop a ‘dark tourism strategy’ to maintain economic viability, others may distance themselves from what they perceive to be unethical tourism practices. Jenny Wise examines the roles geographical locations play in dark tourist sites, and how their histories are portrayed, considering how the concept of the rural idyll or dystopia plays a part in Australia’s national identity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wise, Jenny

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

Part 1: Australia’s Colonial Tourism Destinations

2. Colonial Violence

3. Convict Tourism

4. Bushrangers

Part 2: Tourism Sites of Recent Controversy

5. Carceral Tourism

6. Serial Killers and Sensational Crimes

7. Ghost and Crime Tours, Deadly Towns and Disaster Tourism

8. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Jenny Wise is Associate Professor in Criminology at the University of New England.