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200 10$aBeing a tourist$b[electronic resource] $efinding meaning in pleasure travel /$fJulia Harrison
210   $aVancouver $cUBC Press$dc2003
215   $a1 online resource (272 p.) 
300   $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
311   $a0-7748-0977-9 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 243-254) and index.
327   $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tBeing a Tourist -- $tMaking Connections -- $tThe Tourist Aesthetic -- $tJourneying Home -- $tColouring the World's Map -- $tComing Back -- $tTravellers' Biographies -- $tNotes -- $tReferences Cited -- $tIndex
330   $aWhat is meaningful about the experience of travelling abroad? What feeds the impulse to explore new horizons? In Being a Tourist, Harrison analyzes her conversations with a large group of upper-middle-class travellers. Why, she asks, do these people invest their resources -- financial, emotional, psychological, and physical -- in this activity? Harrison suggests that they are fuelled by several desires, including a search for intimacy and connection, an expression of personal aesthetic, an exploration of the understanding of "home," and a sensemaking strategy for a globalized world. She also reflects on the moral and political complexities of the travels of these people. Being a Tourist draws on a wide range of social theory, going beyond current debates of authenticity and consumption. Engagingly and thoughtfully written, it will be required reading for those in anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, and, more generally, for anyone interested in tourism studies and travel writing.
606   $aTravelers$xSociological aspects
606   $aTravel$xPsychological aspects
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615  0$aTravel$xPsychological aspects.
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