Tourism research frontiers : beyond the boundaries of knowledge / / Donna Chambers, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK, Tijana Rakić, University of Greenwich, London, UK ; contributors, Jarle Aarstad [and fourteen others]
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Tourism research frontiers : beyond the boundaries of knowledge / / Donna Chambers, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK, Tijana Rakić, University of Greenwich, London, UK ; contributors, Jarle Aarstad [and fourteen others]
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| Pubblicazione: | Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Edizione: | First edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 338.4791072 |
| Soggetto topico: | Tourism - Research |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | RakicTijana |
| AarstadJarle | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibligraphical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Front Cover""; ""Tourism Research Frontiers: Beyond the Boundaries of Knowledge""; ""Copyright page""; ""Contents""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1 Tourism Research Frontiers an Introduction""; ""Unpacking the Concept of “Frontier�""; ""Chapters in this Volume""; ""How to Use this Book""; ""Chapter 2 Popculture Tourism a Research Manifesto""; ""Introduction""; ""Popculture and the Circuit of Tourism""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 3 The Tourismization of Ilha Grande, Brazil""; ""Introduction""; ""Study Methods""; ""The Hell-Paradise Dichotomy"" |
| ""The Environmentalizing Process""""Tourismization in Ilha Grande""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 4 Gospel Festivals as Heterotopia""; ""Introduction""; ""Religion, Tourism, and Pilgrimage""; ""Liminality and Communitas""; ""Heterotopia""; ""Gospel Festivals as Heterotopia""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 5 Tourism of Spiritual Growth as a Voyage of Discovery""; ""Introduction""; ""Concept and Varieties of Spiritual Tourism""; ""Tourism of Spiritual Growth""; ""Meaning""; ""Connectedness""; ""Transcendence""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 6 The Salience of Tourism in Politics""; ""Introduction"" | |
| ""The Relationship with Politics""""Tourism and Psephology""; ""Eliciting an Electoral Conceptualization""; ""Theorizing the Nature of Political Issues""; ""Electoral Response""; ""A Research Agenda""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 7 Right-Wing Visual Rhetoric and Switzerland�s Tourism Image""; ""Introduction""; ""Destination Image""; ""Country Image""; ""National Image Management""; ""The Contemporary Rise of the Right in Europe""; ""Over-Foreignization and the Radical Right""; ""The Rise of the Swiss People�s Party""; ""Political Posters""; ""Approach""; ""The Biopolitics of Fear"" | |
| ""Effects of the SVP Strategy""""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 8 Sustainable Island Tourism an Operative Definition""; ""Introduction""; ""Toward an Operative Definition""; ""Study Methodology""; ""Study Results""; ""Socioeconomic Profile""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 9 Destination Evolution and Network Dynamics New Research Agendas""; ""Introduction""; ""Destination Evolution and Network Dynamics""; ""Scale-Free and Small-World Networks Research""; ""Scale-Free Structures, Small Worlds, and Network Dynamics""; ""Scale-Free Networks""; ""Small Worlds"" | |
| ""Scale-Free Network Distribution and Local Clustering""""Ties that Reduce Path Length""; ""Synthesis of the Theory""; ""Empirical Illustrations""; ""Future Research Areas""; ""Emergence""; ""Development and Growth""; ""Collaborative Groupings""; ""Strategic Agents""; ""Competition and Vulnerability""; ""Innovation and Performance""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 10 Conclusion Reflections Beyond Existing Research Frontiers""; ""Tourism, Disciplinarity, and Coloniality""; ""A Gender Agenda""; ""Sustainability and Freedom to Travel""; ""Research Methods and Sources of Data"" | |
| ""Journeying Beyond Frontiers"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book recognizes that while tourism research has undoubtedly penetrated and gone beyond a number of knowledge frontiers, frontiers are never static, but are constantly shifting and changing form in the context of a dynamic environment. This book therefore is a much needed contribution which acknowledges the imperative for continuous innovation and renewal in tourism research if it is to remain relevant. In this regard the book contains original papers which span a number of creative topics and debates and which transcend existing frontiers of tourism knowledge, including pop-culture touris |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Tourism research frontiers |
| ISBN: | 1-78350-994-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910460869903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Tourism social science series ; ; Volume 20.