Being and Dwelling Through Tourism - An Anthropological Perspective

Much of the existing literature seeks to make sense of tourism based on singular approaches such as visuality, identity, mobility, performance and globalised consumption. What is missing, however, is an overarching framework within which these valuable approaches can be located. This book offers one such framework using the concept of dwelling taken from Heidegger and Ingold as the starting point from which to consider the interrelatedness of being, dwelling and tourism.
The anthropological focus at the core of the book is infused with multidisciplinary perspectives that draw on a variety of subjects including philosophy, material cultural studies and cultural geography. The main themes include sensuous, material, architectural and earthly dwelling and each chapter features a discussion of the unifying theoretical framework for each theme, followed by an illustrative focus on specific aspects of tourism.
This theoretically substantive book will be of interest to anyone involved with tourism research from a wide range of disciplines including anthropology, sociology, geography, cultural studies, leisure studies and tourist studies.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Being and Dwelling; Chapter 2 Sensuous Dwelling; Chapter 3 Material Dwelling; Chapter 4 Architectural Dwelling; Chapter 5 Earthly Dwelling; Chapter 6 Being, Dwelling and Thinking

About the author

Catherine Palmer, PhD, MA, BSc (Hons) is a social anthropologist at the University of Brighton, UK. She is the joint book series editor for the Routledge Advances in Tourism Anthropology. Her publications and research interests encompass identity, heritage and materiality; post-conflict / memorial landscapes; cultures of the coast / seaside; embodiment and the lived experience.

Summary

This book offers an overarching framework using the concept of dwelling taken from Heidegger and Ingold as the starting point from which to consider the interrelatedness of being, dwelling and tourism. It will be of interest to students and researchers of anthropology, sociology, geography, cultural studies, leisure and tourist studies.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Palmer, Catherine (University of Pittsburgh Palmer, Palmer Catherine
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781032242033
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3224203-3
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: New Directions in Tourism Analysis
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Holidays (non-religious), Sociology: sport & leisure, Sociology: sport and leisure, Social and cultural anthropology, Human Geography, Tourism industry, Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industries, Tourism geography