ISBN:
0415111242
,
0415111250
,
9780415111249
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (ix, 214 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Touring Cultures : Transformations of Travel and Theory
DDC:
306.48
Keywords:
Cultural policy
;
Tourism
Abstract:
This collection brings together some of the most influential writers in the field to examine the complex connections between tourism and cultural change and the relevance of tourist experience to debates on space, time and identity
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; TRANSFORMATIONS OF TRAVEL AND THEORY; THE DISORIENTED TOURIST: THE FIGURATION OF THE TOURIST IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL CRITIQUE; INDEXING, DRAGGING AND THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF TOURIST SIGHTS; THE OBJECTS OF TRAVEL; 'McDISNEYIZATION' AND 'POST-TOURISM': COMPLEMENTARY PERSPECTIVES ON CONTEMPORARY TOURISM; THE CULTURE OF TOURISM; PERFORMING THE TOURIST PRODUCT; A PEOPLE'S STORY: HERITAGE, IDENTITY AND AUTHENTICITY; TOURISM AND THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EYE; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-209) and indexes
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
