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Libro 52 di 321: International Library of Sociology

Edensor, Tim

 
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Clearly written and fascinatingly illustrated, Tourists at the Taj describes the conflicting narratives which surround the site. For some the Taj is an evocative symbol of the colonial past. For others it is a symbolic centre of Islamic power. For many of the thousands of tourists that visit it each year it is simply a monument of love.
The author shows how tourism can be seen as a performance and the tourist site as a stage on which tourists are directed and rehearsed but also able to improvise their own cultural rituals.

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Tim Edensor is lecturer and researcher in the department of cultural studies at Staffordshire University. He has researched extensively in tourist practices and popular culture.

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9780415167130: Tourists at the Taj: Performance and Meaning at a Symbolic Site

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ISBN 10:  0415167132 ISBN 13:  9780415167130
Casa editrice: Routledge, 1998
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