Souvenir / / Rolf Potts

• Autore: Potts Rolf
• Pubblicazione: London, England : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2020; London, England : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2020
• Descrizione fisica: : illustrations 1 online resource (145 pages)
• Disciplina: 306.4/819
• Soggetto topico: Tourism - Social aspects; Souvenirs (Keepsakes); Souvenirs (Keepsakes) - Social aspects; Literary theory
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-115) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: an embarrassment of Eiffel Towers -- Souvenirs in the age of pilgrimage -- Souvenirs in the age of Enlightenment -- Interlude: museums of the personal -- Souvenirs in the age of mechanical reproduction -- Souvenirs and human suffering -- Souvenirs and (the complicated notion of) authenticity -- Souvenirs, memory, and the shortness of life.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Or as long as people have traveled to distant lands, they have brought home objects to certify the journey. More than mere merchandise, these travel souvenirs take on a personal and cultural meaning that goes beyond the object itself. Drawing on several millennia of examples--from the relic-driven quests of early Christians, to the mass-produced tchotchkes that line the shelves of a Disney gift shop--travel writer Rolf Potts delves into a complicated history that explores issues of authenticity, cultural obligation, market forces, human suffering, and self-presentation. More than just objects, souvenirs are a personalized form of folk storytelling that enable people to make sense of the world and their place in it"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Souvenir
• ISBN: 1-5013-2943-X; 1-5013-2942-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910795432603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Object lessons.