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This book situates souvenirs as tangible and intangible cultural expressions and triggers of tourism experience that are 'glocally' developed on the margins. The authors gain new insights with this critique that situates souvenirs of place, people and experience as constructions of transnational lives, migration and global tourism.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Theorising Tourism and Souvenirs: Glocal Perspectives - Jenny Cave, Tom Baum and Lee Jolliffe Chapter 2 With The Passing Of Time: The Changing Meaning Of Souvenirs - Noga Collins-Kreiner and Yael Zins Chapter 3 Souvenirs and Self-Identity - Hugh Wilkins Chapter 4 Souveniring Occupational Artefacts: The Chef's Uniform - Richard N.S. Robinson Chapter 5 Souvenirs of the American Southwest: Objective or Constructive Authenticity? - Kristen Swanson Chapter 6 'Souvenirs' at the Margin? Place, Commodities, Transformations and the Symbolic in Buddha Sculptures from Luang Prabang, Laos - Russell Staiff and Robyn Bushell Chapter 7 Souvenirs as Transactions in Place and Identity: Perspectives from Aotearoa New Zealand - Jenny Cave and Dorina Buda Chapter 8 Green Tourism Souvenirs in Rural Japan: Challenges and Opportunities - Atsuko Hashimoto and David J. Telfer Chapter 9 Understanding Tourist Shopping Village Experiences on the Margins - Laurie Murphy, Gianna Moscardo and Pierre Benckendorff Chapter 10 Souvenir Development in Peripheral Areas: Local Constraints in a Global Market - R. Geoffrey Lacher and Susan L. Slocum Chapter 11 Souvenir Production and Attraction: Vietnam's Traditional Handicraft Villages - Huong Bui and Lee Jolliffe Chapter 12 World Heritage-Themed Souvenirs for Asian Tourists in Macau - Hilary Du Cros Chapter 13 Lessons in Tourism and Souvenirs on the Margins: Glocal Perspectives - Lee Jolliffe, Jenny Cave and Tom Baum
About the author
Jenny Cave is a lecturer in Tourism and Hospitality Management at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Her background is in anthropology, museology, tourism and cultural attraction management in New Zealand and Canada. This shapes her research into the linkages between tourism, migration and poverty reduction in rural and island peripheries, cultural/heritage enterprise, and collaborative methods. Lee Jolliffe is a Professor at the University of New Brunswick in Canada. With a background in museology she has research interests in the intersection of culture and tourism, especially in urban and rural settings, as well as museums and arts events in North Atlantic Islands, South East Asia and the Caribbean. Her edited volumes include Tea and Tourism (2007), Coffee Culture, Destinations and Attractions (2010) and Sugar Heritage and Tourism in Transition (2013). Tom Baum is Programme Director, Hong Kong University SPACE programmes in Tourism and Hospitality Management at the University of Strathclyde. His research agenda includes: people and work in low skills service work, with a particular focus on the international hospitality and tourism sector as well as human resource development and skills planning and formation, education and training, at a macro (national) and company level.
Summary
This book situates souvenirs as tangible and intangible cultural expressions and triggers of tourism experience that are ‘glocally’ developed on the margins. The authors gain new insights with this critique that situates souvenirs of place, people and experience as constructions of transnational lives, migration and global tourism.
