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UNINA9910780096403321 |
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Autore |
MacCannell Dean |
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Titolo |
Empty meeting grounds : the tourist papers / / Dean MacCannell |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-93397-5 |
1-134-93398-3 |
1-280-32260-8 |
9786610322602 |
0-203-41214-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (359 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cultural relativism |
Tourism - Social aspects |
Postmodernism |
Civilization, Modern - 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [310]-321) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Cannibalism today; Orange County, Yugoslavia; Postmodern community planning: notes on the homeless and other nomads; Nature Incorporated; White Culture; The Liberty restoration project; Reconstructed ethnicity: tourism and cultural identity in Third World communities; The Locke case; The desire to be postmodern; Spectacles; The future of ritual; The Vietnam Memorial in Washington, DC; Afterword: misplaced traditions and the new 'folk-urban continuum'; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Empty Meeting Grounds examines some of the new cultural forms and community arrangements that accompany the development of global tourism. |
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