Theorizing Tourism
eBook - ePub

Theorizing Tourism

Analyzing Iconic Destinations

  1. 184 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Theorizing Tourism

Analyzing Iconic Destinations

About this book

A useful introduction to the critical study of tourism, this brief text applies semiotics and cultural theory to deal with some of our most iconic global destinations. It offers accessible analyses of 18 famous tourist locations from the Taj Mahal to Red Square, and from the Eiffel Tower to Antarctica. Written in Berger's friendly style, it allows students to critically examine the political, cultural and economic significance these locales and understand their importance to tourism. Study questions add more pedagogical value to the highly readable text.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1: Studying Tourism
  8. Chapter 2: Making a Semiotic Analysis of Tourist Icons
  9. Chapter 3: The Taj Mahal, Agra
  10. Chapter 4: Disneyland, California
  11. Chapter 5: Bali: An Exotic Disneyland
  12. Chapter 6: The Ryoan-ji Rock Garden, Kyoto
  13. Chapter 7: The Eiffel Tower, Paris
  14. Chapter 8: The Las Vegas Strip, Nevada
  15. Chapter 9: St. Basil’s Cathedral, Red Square, Moscow
  16. Chapter 10: Antarctica
  17. Chapter 11: Luang Prabang, Laos
  18. Chapter 12: Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
  19. Chapter 13: Chichen Itza, Mexico
  20. Chapter 14: Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet
  21. Chapter 15: Masada, Israel
  22. Chapter 16: The Great Wall of China
  23. Chapter 17: The Great Pyramid, Giza, Egypt
  24. Chapter 18: El Escorial, Spain
  25. Chapter 19: Brasilia, Brazil
  26. Chapter 20: Angkor Wat, Cambodia
  27. Chapter 21: Coda
  28. Applications and Exercises
  29. References
  30. About the Author