Tourism and the Power of Otherness - Seductions of Difference

This book explores the paradoxes of Self-Other relations in the field of tourism. It particularly focuses on the 'power' of different forms of 'Otherness' to seduce and to disrupt, and, eventually, also to renew the social and cosmological orders of 'modern' culture and everyday life.

Info autore

David Picard is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA), Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FCSH) at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. His research interests include the anthropology of tourism and hospitality as well as land and resource tenure. Recent publications include Tourism, Magic and Modernity (2011).
Michael A. Di Giovine is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, USA. His research focuses on the anthropology of tourism and hospitality, mobilities, heritage studies, and religious tourism and pilgrimage. He is the author of The Heritage-scape: UNESCO, World Heritage, and Tourism (2009).

Riassunto

This book explores the paradoxes of Self–Other relations in the field of tourism. It particularly focuses on the 'power' of different forms of 'Otherness' to seduce and to disrupt, and, eventually, also to renew the social and cosmological orders of 'modern' culture and everyday life.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David Picard
• Con la collaborazione di: Michael A Di Giovine (Editore), Michael A. Di Giovine (Editore), David Picard (Editore), Dr. David Picard (Editore)
• Editore: Channel View Publications
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781845414153
• ISBN: 978-1-84541-415-3
• Pagine: 208
• Dimensioni: 148 mm x 210 mm x 11 mm
• Peso: 276 g
• Serie: Tourism and Cultural Change; Tourism and Cultural Change
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Altro