Mythic frontiers: remembering, forgetting, and profiting with cultural heritage tourism

This work illustrates how aggrandized versions of the past have been used to turn a profit. Examining the imagined frontier town of Fort Smith, Arkansas, Daniel Maher warns that disconnecting cultural heritage tourism from history minimizes the devastating consequences of imperialism, racism, and se...

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1. Verfasser: Maher, Daniel R. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Gainesville University Press of Florida 2017
Schriftenreihe:Cultural heritage studies
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Zusammenfassung:This work illustrates how aggrandized versions of the past have been used to turn a profit. Examining the imagined frontier town of Fort Smith, Arkansas, Daniel Maher warns that disconnecting cultural heritage tourism from history minimizes the devastating consequences of imperialism, racism, and sexism and relegitimizes the privilege bestowed upon white men
Beschreibung:Previously issued in print: 2016. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:1 online resource illustrations (black and white)
ISBN:9780813051185
DOI:10.5744/florida/9780813062532.001.0001

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