Senior Tourism - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Aging and Traveling

This volume aims to bridge the disciplinary gap between tourism studies and aging studies. It investigates the intersections of tourism and aging from a variety of perspectives that focus on the many ways in which senior tourism is socially constructed and/or individually experienced. The essays tackle key topics ranging from the socio-economic aspects of post-retirement travel to the representations of the traveling elderly in literature, film and media, and the influence of travel on late-life creativity.

About the author

Roberta Maierhofer, geb. 1960, Professorin am Institut für Amerikanistik, akademische Leiterin des Center for the Study of the Americas und Vizerektorin für Internationale Beziehungen und Überfakultäre Angelegenheiten der Universität Graz.

Product details

• Assisted by: Simone Francescato (Editor), Robert Maierhofer (Editor), Roberta Maierhofer (Editor), Minghe (Editor), Valeria Minghetti (Editor), Valeria Minghetti et al (Editor), Eva-Maria Trinkaus (Editor)
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2017
• EAN: 9783837637038
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-3703-8
• No. of pages: 210
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 224 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 336 g
• Illustrations: 7 schw.-w. Abb.
• Series: Aging Studies; Aging Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Political sociology