The Tourist
"The Touristis one of those books that can be best enjoyed for its heuristic value, for the questions it raises as much as for the answers it offers."  --Anatole Broyard,New York Times"More than a perceptive, entertaining discussion of tourists and tourism [The Tourist] is also a skillful blend of structuralist thought. . . . Both MacCannell's literary style and theoretical sophistication are genuine contributions to sociological scholarship."   --Susanne Wedow,Contemporary Sociology"More than a perceptive, entertaining discussion of tourists and tourism  [The Tourist] is also a skillful blend of structuralist thought. . . . Both  MacCannell's literary style and theoretical sophistication are genuine  contributions to sociological scholarship."  --Susanne Wedow, Contemporary  Sociology