Tourism and the Power of Otherness: Seductions of Difference: 34 - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1845414152 ISBN 13: 9781845414153

Casa editrice: Channel View Books, 2014

Riassunto

This book explores the paradoxes of Self-Other relations in the field of tourism. It particularly focuses on the 'power' of different forms of 'Otherness' to seduce and to disrupt, and, eventually, also to renew the social and cosmological orders of 'modern' culture and everyday life.

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Recensione:

"Tourism and the Power of Otherness" is an intriguing collection, strong in terms of both theory and ethnography, and quite enjoyable to read. Picard and Di Giovine have brought together a diverse array of European scholars who provide fresh insight into a question of enduring importance: how tourism stages the encounter between the familiar and the strange. --Sally Ann Ness, University of California, Riverside, USA

The experience of the tourist is frequently evoked, yet it remains conceptually elusive. This volume approaches the subject with a masterful perusal of the philosophical and anthropological underpinnings, exploring the crucial relationship between Otherness and Self. The reader is led to consider how this relationship underlies every successful tourist enterprise. --Elvi Whittaker, University of British Columbia, Canada

L'autore:

David Picard is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Research in Anthropology, FCSH, New University of Lisbon, Portugal. His research interests include the anthropology of tourism and hospitality as well as land and resource tenure. Recent publications include Tourism, Magic and Modernity (2011).
Michael A. Di Giovine is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, USA. His research focuses on the anthropology of tourism and hospitality, mobilities, heritage studies and religious tourism and pilgrimage. He is the author of The Heritage-scape: UNESCO, World Heritage, and Tourism (2009).

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• Editore: Channel View Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1845414152
• ISBN 13: 9781845414153
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 195
• Redattore: Picard David, Di Giovine Michael A.