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The cultural moment in tourism / / edited by Laurajane Smith, Emma Waterton and Steve Watson



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Titolo: The cultural moment in tourism / / edited by Laurajane Smith, Emma Waterton and Steve Watson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
Disciplina: 338.4/791
Soggetto topico: Heritage tourism
Tourism
Altri autori: SmithLaurajane  
WatertonEmma  
WatsonSteve  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; The Cultural Moment in Tourism; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Moments, instances and experiences; PART I: The moment in theory; 1. Meaning, encounter and performativity: threads and moments of spacetimes in doing tourism; 2. The somatic and the aesthetic: embodied heritage tourism experiences of Luang Prabang, Laos; PART II: The moment performed; 3. Taking Dracula on holiday: the presence of 'home' in the tourist encounter; 4. Touring heritage, performing home: cultural encounters in Singapore
5. The commemoration of slavery heritage: tourism and the reification of meaning6. Engagement and performance: created identities in steampunk, cosplay and re-enactment; 7. Publics versus professionals: agency and engagement with 'Robin Hood' and the 'Pilgrim Fathers' in Nottinghamshire; PART III: Moments and others; 8. Shades of the Caliphate: the cultural moment in southern Spain; 9. 'You no longer need to imagine': bus touring through South Central Los Angeles gangland; 10. The cultural 'work' of tourism; 11. The numen experience in heritage tourism; PART IV: The moment transformed
12. The truth of the crowds: social media and the heritage experience13. The lingering moment; Index
Sommario/riassunto: This book is a response to the burgeoning interest in cultural tourism and the associated need for a coherently theorized approach for understanding the practices that such an interest creates. Cultural tourism has become an important and popular aspect of contemporary tourism studies, as well as providing a rich seam of upscale product development opportunities in the industry as a whole. Much of the related literature, however, focuses upon describing and categorizing cultural tourism from a supply-side perspective. This has prompted the taxonomizing of cultural tourists on the basis of t
Titolo autorizzato: The cultural moment in tourism  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-136-83153-3
1-283-52063-X
9786613833082
0-203-83175-6
1-136-83154-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790489303321
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Serie: Routledge advances in tourism.