The embodied absence of the past: Slavery heritage and the transformative memory work of tourism

Emmanuel Akwasi Adu-Ampong

Annals of Tourism Research, 2023, vol. 101, issue C

Abstract: •Slavery heritage tourism narratives stimulate plural public memories of the past.•The embodied absence of the past is physical presence yet narrative absence.•European cities are viable sites for studying slavery heritage tourism.•Guided tours and guidebooks are tools to subvert authorised heritage narratives.•Empirical and conceptual innovation is needed in slavery heritage tourism research.

Keywords: Collective memory; Embodied absence; Guided tours; Guidebooks; Slavery heritage tourism; Tourism tools (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2023.103590

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