Holidays in the danger zone : entanglements of war and tourism /

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Holidays in the Danger Zone exposes the mundane and everyday interactions between two seemingly opposed worlds: warfare and tourism. Debbie Lisle shows how a tourist sensibility shapes the behavior of soldiers in war--especially the experiences of Western military forces in "exotic" settin...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lisle, Debbie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2016.
Series:Critical war studies.
Subjects:
Dark tourism.
Geopolitics.
War and society.
Tourism > Political aspects.
Tourisme noir.
Géopolitique.
Guerre et société.
geopolitics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : entanglements of war and tourism
  • The double vision of empire : the Gordon Relief Campaign, 1884-85
  • Tours of duty, tours of pleasure : battlefield journeys and the rise of militourism, 1914-45
  • Bipolar travels : tourism and conflict at the edges of the cold war
  • Global interventions and the rise of dark tourism
  • Connecting tourism and terrorism : milblogs, soft targets, and the securitization of travel
  • Conclusion : touring otherwise : the ethical possibilities of entanglement.

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