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Landscape, Tourism and Meaning

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Zusatztext 'By reconceptualizing landscape in terms of place and meaning! this volume helps create a foundation for a new paradigm in tourist research! to replace that once provided by John Urry's The Tourist Gaze (1990)! with its foundation in an idea of landscape as scenery.' Kenneth R. Olwig! Swedish University of Agricultural Science! Sweden Informationen zum Autor 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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;...

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Authors Daniel C. Greer Knudsen
Assisted by Charles E. Greer (Editor), Greer Charles E. (Editor), Daniel C. Knudsen (Editor), Knudsen Daniel C. (Editor), Michelle M. Metro-Roland (Editor), Metro-Roland Michelle M. (Editor), Anne K. Soper (Editor)
Publisher ASHGATE PUB CO
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 20.05.2008
 
EAN 9780754649434
ISBN 978-0-7546-4943-4
No. of pages 180
Dimensions 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
Series New Directions in Tourism Analysis
New Directions in Tourism Analysis
Subjects Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Human Geography, Tourism industry, Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industries, Tourism geography

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