The tourist
Subtitle: a new theory of the leisure class
By: by Dean MacCannell ; with a new foreword by Lucy R. Lippard ; and a new epilogue by the author.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: Travelers; Tourism; Civilization, modern; Leisure
Description: "The Tourist is an examination of the phenomenon of tourism through a social theory lens that encompasses discussions of authenticity, and low culture, and the construction of social reality. It brings the concerns of social science to an analysis of travel and sightseeing in the postindustrial age. This edition includes a new foreword by Lucy R. Lippard and a new epilogue by the author."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-220) and index.
Originally published: New York : Schocken Books, 1976.