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Tourist cultures : identity, place and the traveller / Stephen Wearing, Deborah Stevenson and Tamara Young

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2010.Description: vi, 169 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780761949978 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 910 WEA/T
Contents:
1. Introducing the Cultures of Tourism -- Understanding Tourism -- From Flaneur to Choraster? -- Tourism, Experience and Space -- The Structure of Tourist Cultures -- Pt. I. Tourist Selves -- 2. The Tourist Experience -- Functions and Formulations -- Typologies of Experience -- Authenticities and Alternatives -- 3. Tourism and Identity -- Time to Escape -- Identity and the Traveller Self -- Stories and Narratives -- 4. Encountering the Other -- (Inter)Cultural Dominance -- Hosts and Guests -- Gender, Sex and Tourism -- Pt. II. Tourist Spaces -- 5. The Landscapes of Tourism -- Tourist Cultures, Tourist Space -- Touring Nature -- Cityscapes of Travel -- 6. Global Tourism, Local Cultures -- Valuing the Local -- Backpackers and Global Wanderers -- Hybrid Travel Cultures -- 7. Tourism, Space and Representation -- Image, .Memory and Imagination -- Post-Tourism and Beyond -- The 'Thirdspace' of the Traveller Self -- 8. Conclusion.
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General Books Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section 910 WEA/T (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available P26941
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introducing the Cultures of Tourism -- Understanding Tourism -- From Flaneur to Choraster? -- Tourism, Experience and Space -- The Structure of Tourist Cultures -- Pt. I. Tourist Selves -- 2. The Tourist Experience -- Functions and Formulations -- Typologies of Experience -- Authenticities and Alternatives -- 3. Tourism and Identity -- Time to Escape -- Identity and the Traveller Self -- Stories and Narratives -- 4. Encountering the Other -- (Inter)Cultural Dominance -- Hosts and Guests -- Gender, Sex and Tourism -- Pt. II. Tourist Spaces -- 5. The Landscapes of Tourism -- Tourist Cultures, Tourist Space -- Touring Nature -- Cityscapes of Travel -- 6. Global Tourism, Local Cultures -- Valuing the Local -- Backpackers and Global Wanderers -- Hybrid Travel Cultures -- 7. Tourism, Space and Representation -- Image, .Memory and Imagination -- Post-Tourism and Beyond -- The 'Thirdspace' of the Traveller Self -- 8. Conclusion.

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