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| Author: | Stone, P. Sharpley, R. |
| Title: | Consuming dark tourism: a thanatological perspective |
| Journal: | Annals of Tourism Research
2008 : APR, VOL 35:2 p. 574-595 |
| Index terms: | tourism security consumption social structure |
| Freeterms: | death thanatology framework |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The study examines the consumption of the dark tourism. Specifically the aim is to explore death and its contemplation in contemporary societies as a basis for developing a model of dark tourism consumption within a thanatological framework. The study was made analysing the consumption of dark tourism and located it within the framework as a basis for further theoretical and empirical analysis of dark tourism. The findings reveal that consumption of dark tourism can help individuals, within a social structure to, to address issues of personal meaningfulness. |
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