The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Tourism

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Introduction: Prison Tourism in Context....Pages 1-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Iconic Power, Dark Tourism, and the Spectacle of Suffering....Pages 13-36
Remembering and Forgetting the Gulag: Prison Tourism Across the Post-Soviet Region....Pages 37-54
“A Funny Place” for a Prison: Coastal Beauty, Tourism, and Interpreting the Complex Dualities of Trial Bay Gaol, Australia....Pages 55-83
Juxtaposing Prison and Other Carceral Sites: Interrogating Taxonomic Differences and Empathetic Possibilities....Pages 85-110
Mapping the Labyrinth: Preliminary Thoughts on the Definition of “Prison Museum”....Pages 111-129
Screening Tourist Encounters: Penal Spectatorship and the Visual Cultures of Auschwitz....Pages 131-151
Penal Optics and the Struggle for the Right to Look: Visuality and Prison Tourism in the Carceral Era....Pages 153-167
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Layers of Violence: Coal Mining, Convict Leasing, and Carceral Tourism in Central Appalachia....Pages 171-190
Rottnest or Wadjemup: Tourism and the Forgetting of Aboriginal Incarceration and the Pre-colonial History of Rottnest Island....Pages 191-215
Taiwan’s Former Political Prisons: From Incarceration to Curation....Pages 217-240
Representing the Maze/Long Kesh Prison in Northern Ireland: Conflict Resolution Centre and Tourist Draw or Trojan Horse in a Culture War?....Pages 241-259
The “Kresty” Prison and Tourism: The Past, the Present, and the Future....Pages 261-276
Prisons, Tourism, and Symbolism: Reflecting (on) the Past, Present, and Future of South Africa....Pages 277-294
Rocking the Boat: The Hay Gaol Museum and the Disruptive Narratives of Forgotten Australians....Pages 295-318
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Vagabonds and Rogues: The Prison Writing of Aboriginal Author Graeme Dixon and the Role of Literary Witnessing of Incarceration in Australian Prison Tourism....Pages 321-340
City of Women: The Old Melbourne Gaol and a Gender-specific Interpretation of Urban Life....Pages 341-364
Constructed Inmates: Gender Constructions, Material Culture, and the Lived Experiences of Women in Fremantle Prison....Pages 365-386
Commemorating Captive Women: Representations of Criminalized and Incarcerated Women in Canadian Penal History Museums....Pages 387-413
From Shame to Fame: “Celebrity” Prisoners and Canadian Prison Museums....Pages 415-434
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Haunting Encounters at Canadian Penal History Museums....Pages 435-455
In the Steps of Monte Cristo and the “Last Queen of France”: The French Revolution, Literature and Tourism....Pages 457-475
Front Matter....Pages 477-477
Penal Tourism and the Paradox of (In)Humane Punishment....Pages 479-495
Representing Political Oppression: The Stasi Prison as an Edifice of Cultural Memory in Modern Berlin....Pages 497-515
Punishment as Sublime Edutainment: “Horrid Spectacles” at the Prison Museum....Pages 517-539
Representations of Capital Punishment in Canadian Penal History Museums....Pages 541-557
Ghost Hunting in Prison: Contemplating Death through Sites of Incarceration and the Commodification of the Penal Past....Pages 559-582
Don’t Mess with Texas: Stories of Punishment from Lone Star Museums....Pages 583-606
Front Matter....Pages 607-607
Empire and Its Aftermath in Four (Post)Colonial Settings....Pages 609-629
Journeying Towards New Methods in Prison Tourism Research: Mobilizing Penal Histories at the Convict Ship Exhibition....Pages 631-649
Remembering and Representing Imprisonment in Postcolonial Cities: Decommissioned Prisons in East Asia....Pages 651-671
Penal Tourism of the Carceral Other as Colonial Narrative....Pages 673-687
Reversing Criminology’s White Gaze: As Lombroso’s Disembodied Head Peers Through a Glass Jar in a Museum Foreshadowed by Sara Baartman’s Ghost....Pages 689-711
Penal Transportation, Family History, and Convict Tourism....Pages 713-734
Inventing a Colonial Dark Tourism Site: The Derby Boab “Prison Tree”....Pages 735-759
Front Matter....Pages 761-761
Explorations in Banality: Prison Tourism at the Old Melbourne Gaol....Pages 763-786
Visitor Experiences at Prison Museums: Fremantle Prison, Robben Island Museum, and Eastern State Penitentiary....Pages 787-810
Execution on Display: Visitor Reactions to Texas’ Electric Chair....Pages 811-827
In Their Own Words: Incorporating Graffiti into the Tourist Experience at the Adelaide Gaol....Pages 829-848
Interpretive Programing on Alcatraz Island: Balancing Increasing Demand, Changing Demographics and Preservation Priorities....Pages 849-866
Front Matter....Pages 761-761
“Cannibals and Convicts”: Australian Travel Writing About New Caledonia....Pages 867-884
Front Matter....Pages 885-885
The Backpacker’s Guide to the Prison: (In)Formalizing Prison Boundaries in Latin America....Pages 887-908
The Prison Tour as a Pedagogical Tool: Challenges and Opportunities....Pages 909-923
Touring Operational Carceral Facilities as a Pedagogical Tool: An Ethical Inquiry....Pages 925-945
Why and How Prison Museums/Tourism Contribute to the Normalization of the Carceral/Shadow Carceral State: The Primacy of Economic Realities....Pages 947-967
Punitive Healing and Penal Relics: Indigenous Prison Labour and the (Re)production of Cultural Artefacts....Pages 969-988
Developing Pedagogies of Human Rights and Social Justice in the Prison Museum....Pages 989-1010
Sport, Spectacle and Carceral Othering: The Angola Prison Rodeo and the Prison View Golf Course....Pages 1011-1028
Back Matter....Pages 1029-1045