Tourism Mobilities - Places to Play, Places in Play

Informationen zum Autor Sheller, Mimi; Urry, John Zusammenfassung As places around the world are being interpreted and made fit for tourist consumption, this fascinating book analyzes tourist performances, and studies why (and indeed how) some places become global centres whilst others don't. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Places to Play, Places in Play Part 1: Performing Paradise 2. Demobilizing and Remobilizing the Carribean Paradise 3. Islands in the Sun: Cyprus 4. Eco-Tourists on the Beach 5. Shifting the Beach: Surf, sand and bodies Part 2: Performances of Global Heritage 6. Little England's Global Conference Centre 7. Bodies, Spirits and Incas: Performing 8. On the Track of the Vikings 9. Art Exhibitions Travel the World 10. Reconstituting the Taj Mahal: Tourist flows and globalisation Part 3: Remaking Playful Places 11. The Paradox of a Tourist Centre: Hong Kong as a site of play and a place of fear 12. Barcelona's Games: The Olympics, urban design and global tourism 13. Tourists in the Concrete Desert 14. Favela Tours: Indistinct and mapless representations of the real in Rio de Janeiro Part 4: New Playful Places 15. Playing On-line and Between the Lines: Round-the-world websites as virtual places to play 16. 'Let's build a palm island!': Playfulness in complex times 17. Atomica World: The place of nuclear tourism 18. Death in Venice

Product details

• Authors: Mimi Sheller, Mimi (Drexel University Sheller, Sheller Mimi, John Urry
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.07.2004
• EAN: 9780415338790
• ISBN: 978-0-415-33879-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Tourism industry, Retail and wholesale industries