1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910133598003321

Autore

Anguissola Anna

Titolo

"Difficillima imitatio" : immagine e lessico delle copie tra Grecia e Roma / / Anna Anguissola

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Roma : , : "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

88-913-0057-8

Descrizione fisica

237 p

Collana

Studia archaeologica ; ; 183

Disciplina

733

Soggetti

Art, Classical - Copying

Sculpture, Classical - Copying

Imitation in art

Copy art - Greece

Copy art - Rome

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-219) and indexes.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786464903321

Autore

Berger Arthur Asa <1933-, >

Titolo

Ocean travel and cruising : a cultural analysis / / Arthur Asa Berger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Haworth Hospitality Press, , 2004

ISBN

1-136-41547-5

0-203-05002-9

1-283-83894-X

1-136-41540-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (149 p.)

Disciplina

306.48

Soggetti

Ocean travel

Ocean travel - Psychological aspects

Travelers - Psychology

Cruise ships

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-126) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Ocean Travel and Cruising: A Cultural Analysis; Copyright; Contents; Preface: The Joke Is on Me!; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1.The Economics of Cruising; Cruising to Alaska: A Case Study; Cruises Compared to Land-Based Vacations; Other Ways Cruise Lines Make Money; Cruise Categories; Consolidation of the Cruise Industry; Exploitation of Workers on Cruise Ships?; Conclusion; Chapter 2.Signs at Sea: The Semiotics of Cruising; A Primer on Semiotics; The Cruise Ship As a Sign System; Cruises and Pilgrimages; Names of Cruise Lines and the Perceived Elitism of the Cruise Experience

Taking Photographs and Using Video Cameras ConclusionConclusion; Chapter 3.Sociological Analysis of Cruising; Cruise Demographics; Gender and Cruising; Carnivalization Theory and Cruising; The Sociology of Dining; Time Budgets and the Busy Life at Sea; New Trends in Cruising; Conclusion; Chapter 4.A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Cruising; The Compulsion to Cruise; Sea and Psyche; The Paradise Myth and Cruises; Cruise Liners As Floating Utopias; Hedonism and Pleasure Seeking; Cruise Taking As Regression in the Service of the Ego; The Gourmet/Gourmand Problem; Unconditional Love



The Agony of the ChoiceEscaping the Boredom of Everyday Life; Behind the Facade: Daily Life of Crew Members; The Ship As a Labyrinth: A Speculative Theory; The Cruise Travel Agent As "Fairy Godmother"; Conclusion; Chapter 5.Selling Smooth Sailing: Advertising and Marketing Cruises; Interpreting Advertisements; What Can Be Analyzed in a Print Advertisement?; Cruise Advertising in the August 2002 Travel + Leisure Magazine; Commonalities in These Cruise Advertisements; Two Cruise Line Brochure (Catalog) Covers; Conclusion; Chapter 6.Cruising (on) the Internet; Cruising the Internet for Cruises

Categories of Cruise-Related Web SitesInternet Cruise-Only Travel Agencies; Cruise Line Web Sites; Conclusion; Chapter 7.Notes from a Cruise Journal; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A one-of-a-kind analysis of ocean cruising!  In Ocean Travel and Cruising: A Cultural Analysis, noted author Arthur Asa Berger turns his critical eye to the phenomenon of ocean cruising. This academically solid yet reader-friendly book brings a multidisciplinary cultural studies approach to the subject, examining ocean cruising from economic, semiotic, sociological, psychoanalytic, and marketing perspectives, and offering insights not provided by the more traditional sociological approaches to the subject. You'll explore cruise demographics, the relationship between cruising and gender