Landscape, Tourism, and Meaning (New Directions in Tourism Analysis)

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Synopsis
How do we re-theorize tourism? By drawing less on the Foucauldian notion of 'tourism as gazing' and instead focusing on the social construction of meaning in the landscape, this insightful book provides an innovative and compelling new approach to tourist studies. Arguing that in any view of the landscape and in tourism generally there is a multiplicity of insider and outsider meanings, the book grounds tourism studies within the framework of social theory, and particularly in the social theoretic approaches to landscape. Bringing together specialists in tourism and landscape studies to discuss the relationships between the two, it finds that issues of identity are a common thread and are raised with regard to the social construction of landscape and its portrayal through tourism. The international studies range in scale from regional to national, personal to political, and from local residents to international tourists, highlighting the multiplicity of interpretations and meanings between these scales.
Copyright:
2008

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
176 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781317108122
Related ISBNs:
9781315591407, 9781138255289, 9780754649434
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Daniel C. Knudsen, Michelle M. Metro-Roland, Anne K. Soper, Charles E. Greer
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Earth Sciences
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Michelle M. Metro-Roland
Edited by:
Daniel C. Knudsen
Edited by:
Charles E. Greer

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