Landscape, tourism, and meaning
By: edited by Daniel C. Knudsen ... [et al.].
Contributors: Knudsen, Daniel C., 1955-
Series: New directions in tourism analysis
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9780754649434
Subjects: Tourism; Tourism -- Social aspects; Culture and tourism; Landscape assessment
Description: How do we re-theorize tourism? By drawing less on the Foucauldian notion of 'tourism as gazing' and instead focusing on the social construction of meaning in the landscape, this insightful book provides an innovative and compelling new approach to tourist studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-150) and index.