This study of aristocracy in England, Wales and Scotland relates developments in the aristocracies in all three countries from 1000-1300. The author examines the material manifestations of aristocracy rather than looking at institutions and charter-attestations. The first part of the book is about hereditary titles including those of earl and prince, expanding on the social styles of baron, knight and squire. The second part of the book focuses on aristocratic insignia and behaviour, including chapters on heraldry, material attributes such as coronets and sceptres, the aristocratic household,...
This study of aristocracy in England, Wales and Scotland relates developments in the aristocracies in all three countries from 1000-1300. The author e...
This volume considers leisure/tourism as an encounter. An encounter that exists between people, between people and space and between people and their expectations, experiences and desires. The contributors explore diverse aspects of leisure and tourism, ranging from the methodologies behind leisure practices to detailed case studies including: Disneyland, Paris; tourism in sacred landscapes; leisure practices in cyberspace; leisure and yachting; use of recreational/holiday cottages; National Parks; and local parks and gardens. Presenting a mix of attitudes and ideas concerning leisure and...
This volume considers leisure/tourism as an encounter. An encounter that exists between people, between people and space and between people and their ...
This volume considers leisure/tourism as an encounter. An encounter that exists between people, between people and space and between people and their expectations, experiences and desires. The contributors explore diverse aspects of leisure and tourism, ranging from the methodologies behind leisure practices to detailed case studies including: Disneyland, Paris; tourism in sacred landscapes; leisure practices in cyberspace; leisure and yachting; use of recreational/holiday cottages; National Parks; and local parks and gardens. Presenting a mix of attitudes and ideas concerning leisure and...
This volume considers leisure/tourism as an encounter. An encounter that exists between people, between people and space and between people and their ...
Tourism studies and media studies both address key issues about how we perceive the world. They raise acute questions about how we relate local knowledge and immediate experience to wider global processes and both play a major role in creating our map of national and international cultures. The Media and the Tourist Imagination adopts a multidisciplinary approach to explore the interactions between tourism and media practices within a contemporary culture in which the consumption of images has become increasingly significant. The contributions are divided between those written from media...
Tourism studies and media studies both address key issues about how we perceive the world. They raise acute questions about how we relate local knowle...
From postcards and paintings to photography and film, tourism and visual culture have a long-standing history of mutual entanglement. For centuries art has inspired many an intrepid traveller, and tourism provides an insatiable market for indigenous art, 'authentic' or otherwise.
This book explores the complex association between tourism and visual culture throughout history and across cultures. How has tourism been linked to images of colonial expansion? Why are we so intrigued by 'lost' places, such as Tutankhamun's tomb or Machu Picchu, South America's lost city of the Incas? What...
From postcards and paintings to photography and film, tourism and visual culture have a long-standing history of mutual entanglement. For centuries...
From postcards and paintings to photography and film, tourism and visual culture have a long-standing history of mutual entanglement. For centuries art has inspired many an intrepid traveller, and tourism provides an insatiable market for indigenous art, 'authentic' or otherwise.
This book explores the complex association between tourism and visual culture throughout history and across cultures. How has tourism been linked to images of colonial expansion? Why are we so intrigued by 'lost' places, such as Tutankhamun's tomb or Machu Picchu, South America's lost city of the Incas? What...
From postcards and paintings to photography and film, tourism and visual culture have a long-standing history of mutual entanglement. For centuries...
