Death, Memorialization and Deviant Spaces - Brossura

Spokes, Matthew; Denham, Jack; Lehmann, Benedikt

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1787565742 ISBN 13: 9781787565746

Casa editrice: Emerald Group Pub Ltd, 2018

Riassunto

This book offers an ethnographic exploration of three sites of infamous atrocity and their differing memorialization. ‘Dark tourism’ research has studied the consumerization of spaces associated with death and barbarity, whilst ‘difficult heritage’ has looked at politicized, national debates that surround the preservation of death. This book contributes to these debates by applying spatial theory on a scalar level, particularly through the work of Henri Lefebvre. It uses escalating case studies to situate memorialization, and the multifarious demands of politics, consumption and community, within a framework that rearticulates ‘lived’, ‘perceived’ and ‘conceived’ aspects of deviant spaces ranging from the small (a bench) to the very large (a city).

The first case study, the Tyburn gallows site in York, uses Lefebvre’s notion of ‘theatrical space’ to contextualize the role of performativity in memorialization. The second, Number 25 Cromwell Street in Gloucester, builds on this by exploring the absence of memorialization through Lefebvre’s concept of ‘contradictory space’ and the impact this has on consumption. The third expands to consider the city as a problematic memorial, here focusing on the political subjectivities of Dresden – rebuilt following the devastation of the Second World War – and its contemporary associations with neo-Nazi and anti-fascist protests.

Ultimately, by examining the issue of scale in heritage, the book seeks to develop a new way of unpacking and understanding the heteroglossic nature of deviant space and memorialization.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Matthew Spokes is Lecturer in Sociology at York St. John University, UK. His research principally focuses on the intersections between popular (and unpopular!) culture, death and spatial theory, especially in relation to interactive entertainment.

Jack Denham is Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at York St. John University, UK. He is a co-editor of the book series Emerald Studies in Death and Culture, and his research interests focus on 'murderabilia', crime in popular culture, the sociology of consumption, and death.

Benedikt Lehmann is Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at York St. John University, UK. His research interests concentrate on social and criminological theory, financial markets and automation technology, alongside the politics of public space.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Emerald Group Pub Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1787565742
• ISBN 13: 9781787565746
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 160
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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