Tourists of history : memory, kitsch, and consumerism from Oklahoma City to Ground Zero

Tourists of history : memory, kitsch, and consumerism from Oklahoma City to Ground Zero / Marita Sturken.

Author/creator	Sturken, Marita, 1957-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.
Description	xii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subject(s)	Collective memory--United States. Psychic trauma--Social aspects --United States. Souvenirs (Keepsakes)--Social aspects --United States. Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects --United States. National characteristics, American. Popular culture--United States. Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1995. September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

Contents	Consuming fear and selling comfort -- Citizens and survivors : cultural memory and Oklahoma City -- The spectacle of death and the spectacle of grief : the execution of Timothy McVeigh -- Tourism and "sacred ground" : the space of Ground Zero -- Architectures of grief and the aesthetics of absence.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-331) and index.
LCCN	2007018101
ISBN	9780822341031 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0822341034 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780822341222 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0822341220 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E169.12 .S8495 2007	✔ Available	Place Hold