Museums of Dark Mythologies in the Tourist Place

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Author(s): Oleg E. Afanasiev (Russian State University of Tourism and Service, Russia)and Alexandra V. Afanasieva (Oles Honchar Dnepropetrovsk National University, Ukraine)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 24
Source title: Virtual Traumascapes and Exploring the Roots of Dark Tourism
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Maximiliano Korstanje (University of Palermo, Argentina)and Babu George (Fort Hays State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2750-3.ch002

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism Management / Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism Management

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The present chapter focuses on the role of museums as producer of dark myths, which means the cultural background that leads visitors to consume “other´s death”. Anthropologically speaking, museums are symbolic instrument that helps understanding traumatic events. For this reason, it is important to deepen the connection between tourism consumption and disasters. Over centuries, positivism trivialized mythology as a fictional story, or rumors proper of primitive cultures; rather, not only myths play a leading role in configuring culture, but also the borders between life and death. Here we propose an alternative fresh methodology to study dark tourism issues in the decades to come.

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