Globalisation, Tourism and Simulacra: A Baudrillardian Study of Tourist Space in Thailand

ISBN-13: 9780367540012 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 156 str.

Opis

Exploring the extent to which Baudrillard’s theory can apply in a non-western context, this book draws on studies of famous floating markets to explore the effects of globalisation and tourism in Thailand, contending that tourism can in fact recreate rather than erode local culture.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Revisiting Globalisation  3. Conceptualising Tourism  4. Baudrillard, Globalisation and Tourism  5. Circulation of Value and Sign  6. A False Dichotomy of Globalisation and the Play of Differences  7. Globalisation and Simulacra  8. Concluding Remarks

O autorze

Kunphatu Sakwit is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. She obtained a PhD in Sociology from University of Kent, and a Master’s degree in Social and Cultural Theory from University of Bristol. I completed my first degree in Political Science, majoring sociology from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. My research interests are in Baudrillard studies, postmodernism, sociology of tourism, socioloy of globalisation, critical and social theory, and also risk society.