Document Type
Honors Project
Abstract
At Ground Zero, the transnational phenomena of tourism and terrorism intersect. In this thesis, I introduce the concept of global imagination, and analyze how tourism and terrorism affect this process of global imagination for Americans, arguing that tourism plays an important role in constructing a globe, while terrorism – particularly the 9/11 attacks – works to interrupt imaginative process itself. I then explore how tourism of terrorism at Ground Zero influences global imagination, containing the events of 9/11, allowing for the construction of only a very specific globe in which the U.S. is an innocent, benevolent actor in world history.
Recommended Citation
Loos, Maxwell E., "Ground Zero: Tourism, Terrorism, and Global Imagination" (2011). International Studies Honors Projects. 14.
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/intlstudies_honors/14
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