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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826081903321

Autore

Hallett Richard W

Titolo

Official tourism websites [[electronic resource] ] : a discourse analysis perspective / / Richard W. Hallett and Judith Kaplan-Weinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, England ; ; Buffalo, : Channel View Publications, c2010

ISBN

1-84541-191-9

1-282-65691-0

9786612656910

1-84541-138-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Collana

Tourism and cultural change ; ; 23

Altri autori (Persone)

Kaplan-WeingerJudith

Disciplina

025.06/91

Soggetti

Tourism - Computer network resources

Web sites

World Wide Web

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Dedications -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Identity and the World Wide Web: Methods of Analysis -- 3. Narrative of the Nation: Baltic Tourism Websites in the Post-Soviet Context -- 4. The Tourist as Pilgrim, the Pilgrim as Tourist: Santiago de Compostela -- 5. Rebirth of an American City: New Orleans, Louisiana -- 6. ‘100 Years. . . Steel Strong’: Forging an Identity for Gary, Indiana -- 7. The Tourist as Patriot: Sports and Nationalism -- 8. Balancing Promotion and Warning in the Construction of National Identity in Travel Guides: The Case of Myanmar/Burma -- 9. Constructing Self versus Other in Parodic Travel Guides -- 10. Conclusion: On Tourism, Identity and the World Wide Web -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Official Tourism Websites: A Discourse Analysis Perspective investigates the construction and promotion of identity of tourist locales by the designers of the official websites for destinations such as Santiago de Compostela, Spain; the Baltic states of Latvia and Estonia; New Orleans, Louisiana and Gary, Indiana; Myanmar/Burma; US Sports Halls of Fame; and, in recognizing the influence and popularity of such sites, three



websites parodying the imaginary nations of Phaic Tan, Molvania, and San Sombrero. Analysis addresses how tourism websites foster social action and, therefore, contribute to the (re)construction of nations and other communities by variably fostering re-imagination, rebirth, renaissance, promotion and caution, and patriotism. Recognizing that tourism texts can function to both construct and embody identity for their respective locales, this investigation employs critical discourse analysis, multimodal discourse analysis, and visual semiotic analysis in the investigation of web texts and images.