Landscape, Tourism, and Meaning

Herausgeber: Metro-Roland, Michelle M.; Greer, Charles E.; Knudsen, Daniel C.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9780754649434
• ISBN-10: 0754649431
• Artikelnr.: 75080290

Autorenporträt

Daniel C. Knudsen is Professor of Geography, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. Michelle M. Metro-Roland is a PhD Candidate, Department of Geography, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. Anne K. Soper is assistant Professor of Tourism and Events Management, George Mason University Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. Charles E. Greer is associate Professor (Emeritus) of Geography and East Asian Languages and Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Landscape
Tourism
and Meaning: An Introduction
Daniel C.Knudsen
Anne K.Soper
Michelle M.Metro-Roland; Chapter 2 Landscape Perspective for Tourism Studies
CharlesGreer
ShanonDonnelly
Jillian M.Rickly; Chapter 3 Identity and Landscape
SeanHuff; Chapter 4 Landscape Change and Regional Identity in the Copper Canyon Region
YamirGonzález-Vélez; Chapter 5 Mauritian Landscapes of Culture
Identity
and Tourism
Anne K.Soper; Chapter 6 Slicing the Dobish Torte
RichardWolfel; Chapter 7 A Nostalgia for Terror
Michelle M.Metro-Roland; Chapter 8 The Parallax of Landscape
Benjamin F.Timms; Chapter 9 Insiders and Outsiders in Thy
Daniel C.Knudsen; Chapter 10 Tourism as a Reconnection to the Neolithic Past
AltynaiYespembetova
Jillian M.Rickly
Lisa C.Braverman; Chapter 11 Landscape
Tourism
and Meaning
Daniel C.Knudsen
Michelle M.Metro-Roland
Anne K.Soper;