Overview

For the first time ever, this book brings together an explicit linkage between empirical and theoretical perspectives on tourism and discourse. A broad social semiotic approach is adopted to analyze a range of spoken, written and visual texts providing a unique resource for researching and teaching tourism in the context of communication studies. Some of the key concepts explored in its chapters include space, representation, the tourist experience, identity, performance and authenticity, and the contributors are key sociologists of tourism as well as discourse analysts and sociolinguists.

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Author:   Adam Jaworski ,  Annette Pritchard
Publisher:   Channel View Publications Ltd
Imprint:   Channel View Publications
Volume:   No. 5
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.530kg
ISBN:  

9781845410209

ISBN 10:   1845410203
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   19 September 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction - Discourse, Communication and Tourism Dialogues - A. Pritchard & A. Jaworski; Part 1 - The Semiotics of Tourist Spaces, Landscapes and Destinations; 1. The Consuming of Place - John Urry; 2. Backpacker India - Transgressive Spaces - Kelly Davidson; 3. Exploring Contestation and Representation in Comic Postcards of Wales - Annette Pritchard & Nigel Morgan; Part 2 - The Discursive Construction and Representation of The Tourist Experience; 4. Exclusive, Ethno and Eco - Representations of Culture and Nature in Tourism Discourses in Namibia - Uta Papen; 5. Venice Observed - The Traveller, The Tourist, The Post-tourist and British Television - David Dunn; Part 3 - Identities on the Move; 6. Discourses of Polish Agritourism - Global, Local, Pragmatic - Adam Jaworski & Sarah Lawson; 7. Tourist or Traveller? Narrating Backpacker Identity - Camille C. O'Reilly; Part 4 - Performance and Authenticity; 8. Tourism Performance as Metaphor - Enacting Backpacker Travel in the Fiji Islands - Stephen Doorne & Irena Atelje.

Reviews

The book offers an important contribution to the burgeoning field of tourism studies and should, as much for its uniqueness as for the success of its individual essays, prove a point of departure for further work in the field.Piers Smith, Gulf University of Science and Technology, in H-Net 2007

The book offers an important contribution to the burgeoning field of tourism studies and should, as much for its uniqueness as for the success of its individual essays, prove a point of departure for further work in the field. -- Piers Smith, Gulf University of Science and Technology H-Net 2007

Author Information

Adam Jaworski is Professor at the Centre for Language and Communication Research, Cardiff University He has published widely in various areas of language and communication including touristaEURO""host interaction and representations of tourism. Annette Pritchard is Reader at the Welsh Centre for Tourism Research, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff. She has published widely in a range of tourism areas.

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