Thinking through tourism
By: edited by Julie Scott and Tom Selwyn.
Contributors: Scott, Julie; Selwyn, Tom.
Edition: English ed.
Series: ASA monographs
Publisher: Berg; Berg Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9781847885302; 9781847885319
Subjects: Tourism
Description: The study of tourism has made key contributions to the study of Anthropology. This volume defines the current state of the Anthropology of Tourism, examining political, economic, ideological and symbolic themes. An extraordinarily rich collection of case studies illustrate topics as diverse as hospitality, sex and tourism, enchantment, colonial and neo-colonial consumption, the relation between tourism and gender and ethnic boundaries, as well as questions of global, economic and cultural systems, modernism and nationalism. The book also covers practical and policy issues relating to urban, rural and coastal planning and development. Thinking Through Tourism assesses the enormous potential contribution that analysis of tourism can offer to mainstream anthropological thinking. The volume opens up new avenues for enquiry and is an essential resource for students and scholars of anthropology, geography, tourism, sociology and related disciplines.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.