This book is the only in-depth ethnographic study of British charter tourists. It is based on several months of participant observation of British charter tourists on holiday in Palmanova and Magaluf on the Mediterranean Island of Mallorca. With a focus on space, the body, and food and drink practices, the book explores the experiential nature of touristic practice which provides insight into constructions, understandings and knowledge of the self in relation to national, regional, class, and gender identities. These issues in turn highlight elements of power and control which are mainly...
This book is the only in-depth ethnographic study of British charter tourists. It is based on several months of participant observation of British ...
Ideas and concepts of liminality have long shaped debates around the uses and practices of space in constructions of identity, particularly in relation to different forms of travel such as tourism, migration and pilgrimage, and the social, cultural and experiential landscapes associated with these and other mobilities. The ritual, performative and embodied geographies of borderzones, non-places, transitional spaces, or 'spaces in-between' are often discussed in terms of the liminal, yet there have been few attempts to problematize the concept, or to rethink how ideas of the liminal might find...
Ideas and concepts of liminality have long shaped debates around the uses and practices of space in constructions of identity, particularly in relatio...
As the event management field expands as an area of study, there is a need to move beyond the business and marketing-driven approaches which dominate the literature towards a more advanced conceptual analysis and understanding of events from within a socio-cultural context. This book addresses this need by being the first dedicated to the intersections between the social sciences and the emerging field of events management.
As the event management field expands as an area of study, there is a need to move beyond the business and marketing-driven approaches which dominate ...
