Arthur Asa Berger

Deconstructing Travel (eBook, ePUB)

Cultural Perspectives on Tourism

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

As a visible marker of globalization, the increased role of travel and tourism in our lives makes it a remarkable force in contemporary culture. Deconstructing Travel provides an easily understood framework of the relationship between travel and culture in our rapidly changing postmodern, postcolonial world. Beginning with an examination of classical expeditions in mythology, history, and literatures, Arthur Asa Berger explores the role of travel in contemporary lives, from university travel-abroad programs to package tours and family vacations. This volume is a highly-engaging look into why people travel, examining travel and tourism as a cultural phenomenon through social, cultural, psychological, and economic forces.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780759115484
• Artikelnr.: 39477015

Autorenporträt

Arthur Asa Berger is professor emeritus of broadcast and electronic communication arts at San Francisco State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface and Acknowledgments
Chapter 2 Chapter One: Travelers and Tourists
Chapter 3 Chapter Two: Aspects of Travel and Tourism
Chapter 4 Chapter Three: The Uses of Travel and Tourism
Chapter 5 Chapter Four: The Tourism Industry
Chapter 6 Chapter Five: Travel Advertising: Images and Language
Chapter 7 Chapter Six: Travel Writing as an Art Form
Chapter 8 Chapter Seven: The Impact of Tourism
Chapter 9 Chapter Eight: Disneyland and Walt Disney World
Chapter 10 Chapter Nine: The End of the Road
Chapter 11 Bibliography
Chapter 12 Index
Chapter 13 About the Author