Heritage That Hurts: Tourists in the Memoryscapes of September 11

By Sonja Dechian | Published: August 10, 2012

Olivera Simic of Griffith University has reviewed Joy Sather-Wagstaff’s 2011 book, ‘Heritage That Hurts: Tourists in the Memoryscapes of September 11‘:

With this innovative study, anthropologist, photographer and tourist Sather-Wagstaff adds to the growing body of work that examines 9/11 and its aftermath. The author examines a rich array of social practices that characterise tourists’ engagement with the tangible and intangible essence of ‘heritage that hurts.’ The book adds to the important scholarly interrogations of  sites that memorialize mass deaths and tragedies, such as Holocaust death camps, Cambodia’s Killing Fields and the Kigali Memorial Center in Rwanda…continue reading

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