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Tourism consumption and representation : narratives of place and self / edited by Kevin Meethan, Alison Anderson and Steve Miles.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI Pub., 2006.Description: xv, 304 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0851996787 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.4819 TOU
Contents:
1. Introduction: Narratives of place and self - 2. Disjunctures in Nationalist Rhetoric at Oreland's Bru na Boinne visitor centre - 3. Running the dream? The challenge of tourism at Angkor, Cambodia - 4. Archaeology under the Canopy: Imagining the Maya of El Pilar - 5. Sensing place, consuming space: changing visitor experiences of the Great Barrier Reef - 6. Production and consumption of wildlife Icons: Dolphin Tourism at Monkey Mia, Western Australia - 7. Teppich-Swingers and Skibums: Differential experiences of Ski Tourism in the Tirolean Alps - 8. Consuming images: Young female, Japanese tourists in Bali, Indonesia - 9. Gender creation in travelling, or the art of transforming an adventuress - 10. More than just a tourist: Distinction, old age and the selective consumption of tourist space - 11. Consuming pleasures: package tourits in Mallorca - 12. Narratives of sexuality, identity and relationships in leisure and tourism places - 13. Modernist anthropology, ethnic tourism and national identity: The contest for the commodification and consumption of St Patrick's Day, Montserrat - 14. Selling Celtic Cornwall: Changing markets and meanings? - 15. Creating the tourist destination: Narrating the 'Undiscovered' and the Paradox of consumption.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: Narratives of place and self - 2. Disjunctures in Nationalist Rhetoric at Oreland's Bru na Boinne visitor centre - 3. Running the dream? The challenge of tourism at Angkor, Cambodia - 4. Archaeology under the Canopy: Imagining the Maya of El Pilar - 5. Sensing place, consuming space: changing visitor experiences of the Great Barrier Reef - 6. Production and consumption of wildlife Icons: Dolphin Tourism at Monkey Mia, Western Australia - 7. Teppich-Swingers and Skibums: Differential experiences of Ski Tourism in the Tirolean Alps - 8. Consuming images: Young female, Japanese tourists in Bali, Indonesia - 9. Gender creation in travelling, or the art of transforming an adventuress - 10. More than just a tourist: Distinction, old age and the selective consumption of tourist space - 11. Consuming pleasures: package tourits in Mallorca - 12. Narratives of sexuality, identity and relationships in leisure and tourism places - 13. Modernist anthropology, ethnic tourism and national identity: The contest for the commodification and consumption of St Patrick's Day, Montserrat - 14. Selling Celtic Cornwall: Changing markets and meanings? - 15. Creating the tourist destination: Narrating the 'Undiscovered' and the Paradox of consumption.