Travel, Tourism, and Identity
By: Gabriel R. Ricci
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781351301121
Subjects: Culture and tourism; Travel writing; Identity (Psychology); Civilization; Ethnotourisme; Voyage; Art d'écrire; Identité (Psychologie); Civilisation
Description: "Travel, Tourism and Identity addresses the psychological and social adjustments that occur when people make contact with others outside their social, cultural, or linguistic groups. Whether such contact is the result of tourism, seeking exile, or relocating abroad, the volume's contributors demonstrate how one's identity, cultural assumptions, and worldview can be brought into question. In some cases, the traveller finds that bridging the social and cultural gap between himself and the new society is fairly easy. In other cases, the traveller discovers that reorienting himself requires absorbing a new cultural history and traditions. The contributors argue that making these adjustments will surely enhance the traveller's or tourist's experience; otherwise the traveller or tourist will be at risk of becoming a marginalized figure, one disconnected from the society that surrounds him. This latest volume in the Culture & Civilization series features a collection of essays on travel and tourism. The essays cover a range of topics from historical travels to modern social identities. They discuss ancient travels, contemporary travels in Europe, Africa and sustainable eco-tourism, and the politics of tourism. Essays also address experiences of Grenada's "Spice Island" identity, and the effects of globalization and migrations on personal identity."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 The Importance of Dio's Travels  -- William Hutton; title: chapter 2 "Homer in a Nutshell": The Nostoi of J.F. Usko (1760-1841)  -- Maria Kostaridou; title: chapter 3 Greece in Travel Writing and Tourist Discourse: Cross-Cultural Encounters and the Construction of Classifications  -- Vasiliki Galani-Moutafi; title: chapter 4 Travel Writers and Greece: The Legacy of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor 1  -- David Wills; title: chapter 5 Know Thyself: An Anglo-Greek Author's Search for Roots and Identity  -- Loretta Proctor; title: chapter 6 "I Don't Know Where I Am--Boise or the Basque Country": Diaspora Identity Travel and Tourism  -- John P. Bieter Nina M. Ray; title: chapter 7 Experiential Branding of Grenada's "Spice Island"  -- Velvet Nelson; title: chapter 8 Measuring Identity: Indicators for Comparison of Real and Fictional Discourses on a Cultural Heritage City 1  -- Raquel Bello Vázquez; title: chapter 9 Identity Sustainability, Identity Affectivity, and the Ithaca Traveler: Conceptual Tools for Measuring and Modeling Tourism as an Opportunity 1  -- Elias J. Torres Feijó; title: chapter 10 Staged Authenticity and Identity Conflicts: Cultural Tourism in Africa  -- Kelly Virginia Phelan; title: chapter 11 Globalization, Migrations, and Personal Identity 1  -- A. Pablo Iannone; title: chapter 12 Midlife Single Men and the Solo Holiday  -- Bente Heimtun; title: chapter 13 Imagining "Home": Discovering Multiples Selves and Homes through Travel  -- Mahua Bhattacharya; title: chapter 14 Studying Abroad  -- Taso Lagos; title: chapter 15 "Massive Involvement": Margaret Atwood's Bodily Harm and the Limits of "Reality Tourism"  -- Aeron Haynie; title: chapter 16 Grockles and Locals: Tourists, Service Providers, and Residents--Mutual Perceptions and the Reciprocal Gaze (A Mediterranean Case Study: Corfu, Greece) -- Jim Potts.