'I hate this job': Guiding Ripper Tours in the East End

McEvoy, E. 2018. 'I hate this job': Guiding Ripper Tours in the East End. in: Jones, K., Poore, B. and Dean, R. (ed.) Contemporary Gothic Drama: Attraction, Consummation and Consumption on the Modern British Stage London Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 161-180

Chapter title'I hate this job': Guiding Ripper Tours in the East End
AuthorsMcEvoy, E.
EditorsJones, K., Poore, B. and Dean, R.
Abstract

On the streets of Whitechapel, London, independent tour guides are operating where official heritage organizations will not tread. The East End has recently experienced a rapid proliferation of thanatourism in the form of Ripper tours and a Ripper ‘museum’. This essay offers a survey and account of this Ripper tourism. Its central concern is with the Ripper tours, which it considers as street theatre. The essay looks at the narrative and performance modes guides draw on to negotiate their highly contentious subject matter, and considers the tours’ complex relation to the Gothic.

KeywordsGothic Tours Ripperology Ghost Walks Thanatourism London
Book titleContemporary Gothic Drama: Attraction, Consummation and Consumption on the Modern British Stage
Page range161-180
Year2018
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Publication dates
Published23 Apr 2018
Place of publicationLondon
SeriesPalgrave Gothic
ISBN9781349953585
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95359-2_9
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