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Autore: |
Hume David L.
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Titolo: |
Tourism art and souvenirs : the material culture of tourism / / David L. Hume
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Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
Disciplina: | 216 |
Soggetto topico: | Tourism - Social aspects |
Souvenirs (Keepsakes) | |
Material culture | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Method of assessment; 2 The European collection of 'Other' cultures: a historical structure from which to assess tourist art and souvenirs; Introduction; Pre-modern collecting; Colonial collecting; Early modern collecting; Tourism and anthropology; Explorer art and tourist art in Australia; 3 Souvenirs and the anthropological gaze: the study and reception of souvenirs over the last half century; Introduction; The sixties; The seventies; The eighties; The nineties |
The arc of the boomerang: a case studySummary; 4 The souvenir and the fetish; Introduction; Substitution; Belief; Narrative; The magic of material objects, art and souvenirs; Surplus value: the economy of the fetish and souvenir; Time; Seriality; The transmission of the fetish from producer to consumer; 5 Contexts of display: tourist art in recent museogallery exhibitions; Introduction; Johnny Possum Tjapaltjarri: artist and souvenir maker; Behind the mask: the creativity of the First Nations of the Northern Pacific Rim, at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery 2001 | |
Institutional terms of displayFour Aboriginal shields; The strength of the Koori line: souvenir nula-nulas (killing sticks or battle clubs) and other tools of life from Southeast Australia; All souvenirs are miniatures; 6 The language of souvenirs: three discrete groups - the Sampled, Crafted and Representative; Introduction; Souvenir attributes; The expressive patterns of souvenirs; 7 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | This book examines the relationship between art and tourism through the study of the material culture of tourism: tourist art and souvenirs. It thoroughly examines how to categorise the material culture of tourism within the discourses of contemporary art and cultural anthropology, and demonstrates that tourist art is a unique expression of place and genuine artistic style. The first investigation to consider the activity of souvenirs from both indigenous and settler tourist sites, it brings a unique addition to the existing, dated, research in the area.Working initially from Graburn's definit |
Titolo autorizzato: | Tourism art and souvenirs ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-138-08196-5 |
0-203-77148-6 | |
1-135-03822-8 | |
1-135-03823-6 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910790677803321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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