Tourism, Consumption and Representation: Narratives of Place and SelfKevin Meethan, Alison Anderson, Steven Miles 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. |
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2 Disjunctures in Nationalist Rhetoric at Irelands Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre | 24 |
3 Ruining the Dream? The Challenge of Tourism at Angkor Cambodia | 46 |
Imagining the Maya of El Pilar | 67 |
Changing Visitor Experiences of the Great Barrier Reef | 94 |
Dolphin Tourism at Monkey Mia Western Australia | 113 |
Differential Experiences of Ski Tourism in the Tirolean Alps | 140 |
Young Female Japanese Tourists in Bali Indonesia | 158 |
Distinction Old Age and the Selective Consumption of Tourist Space | 196 |
Package Tourists in Mallorca | 217 |
12 Narratives of Sexuality Identity and Relationships in Leisure and Tourism Places | 236 |
the Contest for the Commodification and Consumption of St Patricks Day Montserrat | 253 |
Changing Markets and Meanings? | 272 |
Narrating the Undiscovered and the Paradox of Consumption | 284 |
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9 Gender Creation in Travelling or the Art of Transforming an Adventuress | 178 |
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Page 3 - People with the same income level, or put in the old-fashioned way, within the same 'class', can or even must choose between different lifestyles, subcultures, social ties and identities. From knowing one's 'class' position one can no longer determine one's personal outlook, relations, family position, social and political ideas or identity.