Tourism: An Introduction / Edition 1

by Alex Franklin

Overview

‘Argued with a real verve, it makes a plea to rethink the role of tourism in modernity seeing it not as a fleeting and marginal element, but as something enduring, emblematic and constitutive of contemporary society. Tourism is seen as a key element of modern life, not an escape from it' - Mike Crang, Department of Geography, University of DurhamTourism: equips students with a critical perspective of the central processes of tourism and the relationship between tourism and culture; places tourism at the heart of modern life rather than as a peripheral feature added on after work; illuminates the relationship between tourism and nation formation, citizenship, consumerism and globalization; and reveals the ritual, performative and embodied dimensions of the tourist experience.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761967613
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	04/03/2003
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.53(h) x (d)

About the Author

Adrian is a prolific researcher, writer and presenter, and is currently editor of SAGE's HSS journal Tourist Studies. He has written numerous articles for a range of journals, from Journal of Sociology and Body and Society to International Review for the Sociology of Sport and Environment and Planning D. He has written three previous book for SAGE: Tourism: An Introduction (2003), Nature and Social Theory (2002) and Animals and Modern Culture (1999).

He also presents a television show called The Collectors (ABC, Australia).

Table of Contents

Introduction
PART ONE: QUESTIONS AND SCOPE
What Is Tourism?
The Foundations and Traces of Modern Tourism
Elaborations of Tourism
PART TWO: OBJECTS AND RITUALS
Tourist Objects, Tourist Rituals
Objects and Rituals of Seaside
Objects and Rituals of Heritage
PART THREE: THE EMBODIED TOURIST
Tourisms of Body and Nature
Sex and Tourism
Conclusion
A World of Tourism

Editorial Reviews

‘Argued with a real verve, it makes a plea to rethink the role of tourism in modernity seeing it not as a fleeting and marginal element, but as something enduring, emblematic and constitutive of contemporary society. Tourism is seen as a key element of modern life, not an escape from it' - Mike Crang, Department of Geography, University of Durham

'Tourism: A Guide represents the best new work in the study of contemporary

culture. An original thinker and lively writer, Franklin charts the moving

edge of a field that is racing to keep up with its transforming object.

Responding to changes in the nature of tourism itself, Franklin redefines

the very subject of tourist studies and demonstrates the value of embodied

and performative approaches to tourism as a feature of everyday life.

Tourism: A Guide is essential reading' - Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, New York University, Author of Destination Culture: Tourism, Museums and Heritage

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