Arthur Asa Berger

Theorizing Tourism (eBook, PDF)

Analyzing Iconic Destinations

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A useful introduction to the critical study of tourism, this brief text applies semiotics and cultural theory to deal with some of our most iconic global destinations. It offers accessible analyses of 18 famous tourist locations from the Taj Mahal to Red Square, and from the Eiffel Tower to Antarctica. Written in Berger's friendly style, it allows students to critically examine the political, cultural and economic significance these locales and understand their importance to tourism. Study questions add more pedagogical value to the highly readable text.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315416762
• Artikelnr.: 49352226

Autorenporträt

Berger, Arthur Asa

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 101 Introduction
Chapter 1 Studying Tourism
Chapter 2 Making a Semiotic Analysis of Tourist Icons
Chapter 3 The Taj Mahal, Agra
Chapter 4 Disneyland, California
Chapter 5 Bali: An Exotic Disneyland
Chapter 6 The Ryoan-ji Rock Garden, Kyoto
Chapter 7 The Eiffel Tower, Paris
Chapter 8 The Las Vegas Strip, Nevada
Chapter 9 St. Basil's Cathedral in Red Square, Moscow
Chapter 10 Antarctic
Chapter 11 Luang Prabang, Laos
Chapter 12 The Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
Chapter 13 Chichen Itza, Mexico
Chapter 14 Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet
Chapter 15 Masada, Israel
Chapter 16 The Great Wall of China
Chapter 17 The Great Pyramid at Giza, Egypt
Chapter 18 El Escorial, Spain
Chapter 19 Brasilia, Brazil
Chapter 20 Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Chapter 21 Coda