Mythic Frontiers: Remebering, Forgetting, and Profiting with Cultural Herritage Tourism (Cultural Heritage Studies) - Hardcover

Maher, Daniel R.

 
9780813062532: Mythic Frontiers: Remebering, Forgetting, and Profiting with Cultural Herritage Tourism (Cultural Heritage Studies)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0813062535 ISBN 13: 9780813062532
Publisher: University Press of Florida, 2016

Synopsis

The history of the Wild West has long been fictionalized in novels, films, and television shows. Catering to these popular representations, towns across America have created tourist sites connecting such tales with historical monuments. Yet these attractions stray from known histories in favor of the embellished past visitors expect to see.

In Mythic Frontiers, Daniel Maher illustrates how aggrandized versions of the past have been used to turn a profit. Examining the imagined frontier town of Fort Smith, Arkansas, Maher warns that disconnecting cultural heritage tourism from history minimizes the devastating consequences of imperialism, racism, and sexism and relegitimizes the privilege bestowed upon white men.

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About the Author

Daniel R. Maher is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Arkansas–Fort Smith, USA.

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Publisher
University Press of Florida
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0813062535
ISBN 13 
9780813062532
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
308

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