Tourism, Consumption and Representation : Narratives of Place and Self

by K. Meethan; A. Anderson; S. Miles

• ISBN13: 9780851996783
• ISBN10: 0851996787
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-04-12
• Publisher: Cab Intl

Summary

This book addresses the practices of consumption in tourism, a major theme in the sociology of tourism. To date, most tourism analysis has tended to concentrate on the production of tourist space, and assume that tourism consumption simply mirrors the intentions of the producers. By focussing on a number of relevant sub-themes, such as age, gender, religion and sexual orientation, the chapters within this book critically examine such assumptions in terms of the interplay between the production and consumption of tourist spaces, and how patterns of tourism consumption are negotiated on an individual level.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction: Narratives of Place and Self	p. 1
Disjunctures in Nationalist Rhetoric at Ireland's Bru na Boinne Visitor Centre	p. 24
Ruining the Dream? The Challenge of Tourism at Angkor, Cambodia	p. 46
Archaeology Under the Canopy: Imagining the Maya of El Pilar	p. 67
Sensing Place, Consuming Space: Changing Visitor Experiences of the Great Barrier Reef	p. 94
Production and Consumption of Wildlife Icons: Dolphin Tourism at Monkey Mia, Western Australia	p. 113
Teppich-Swingers and Skibums: Differential Experiences of Ski Tourism in the Tirolean Alps	p. 140
Consuming Images: Young Female Japanese Tourists in Bali, Indonesia	p. 158
Gender Creation in Travelling, or the Art of Transforming an Adventuress	p. 178
More Than Just a Tourist: Distinction, Old Age and the Selective Consumption of Tourist Space	p. 196
Consuming Pleasures: Package Tourists in Mallorca	p. 217
Narratives of Sexuality, Identity and Relationships in Leisure and Tourism Places	p. 236
Modernist Anthropology, Ethnic Tourism and National Identity: the Contest for the Commodification and Consumption of St Patrick's Day, Montserrat	p. 253
Selling Celtic Cornwall: Changing Markets and Meanings?	p. 272
Creating the Tourist Destination: Narrating the 'Undiscovered' and the Paradox of Consumption	p. 284
Index	p. 301
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