The Cultural Moment in Tourism

ISBN-13: 9781138081444 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 298 str.

Laurajane Smith; Emma Waterton; Steve Watson

Opis

This book is a response to the burgeoning interest in cultural tourism and the associated need for a coherently theorized approach for understanding the practices and processes that such an interest creates. This groundbreaking volume provides a theoretical and empirical account of what it means to be a cultural tourist and a creative, affective user of heritage itself. It is a fundamental and influential contribution to research in this field – it will be significant value to students, academics and researchers interested in this broad topic area.

Recenzje

"This book is highly recommended to an audience interested in cultural tourism by providing great insight that will help to fully understand the cultural moment in tourism from a broader perspective." – Sanghun Park, Department of Recreation. Sport and Tourism. University of Illinois, Urbana, JL, USA

Spis treści

Introduction: Moments, Instances, Experiences  Part 1: The Moment in Theory  1. Meaning, Encounter and Performativity: Threads and Moments of Spacetimes in Doing Tourism  2. The Somatic and the Aesthetic: Embodied Heritage Experiences of Luang Prabang, Laos  Part 2: The Moment Performed  3. Finding Dracula in Transylvania  4. Touring Heritage, Performing Home: Cultural Encounters in Singapore  5. The Commemoration of Slavery Heritage: Performance, Tourism and Resistance  6. Engagement and Performance: Created Identities in Steampunk, Cosplay and Re-Enactment  7. Publics Versus Professionals: Agency and Engagement with ‘Robin Hood’ and the ‘Pilgrim Fathers’ in Nottinghamshire  Part 3: Moments and Others  8. Shades of the Caliphate: The Cultural Moment in Southern Spain  9. ‘You No Longer Need to Imagine’: Bus Touring Through South Central Los Angeles Gangland  10. The Cultural ‘Work’ of Tourism  11. The Numen Impulse in Heritage Tourism  Part 4: The Moment Transformed  12. The Truth of the Crowds: Social Media and the Heritage Experience  13. The Lingering Moment