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Being a Tourist: Finding Meaning in Pleasure Travel

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Description for Being a Tourist: Finding Meaning in Pleasure Travel Paperback. What is meaningful about the experience of travelling abroad? What feeds the impulse to explore new horizons? Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JHM; KNSG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.

What is meaningful about the experience of travelling abroad? Whatfeeds the impulse to explore new horizons? In Being a Tourist,Harrison analyzes her conversations with a large group ofupper-middle-class travellers. Why, she asks, do these people investtheir resources -- financial, emotional, psychological, and physical --in this activity? Harrison suggests that they are fuelled by severaldesires, including a search for intimacy and connection, an expressionof personal aesthetic, an exploration of the understanding of"home," and a sensemaking strategy for a globalized world.She also reflects on the moral and political complexities of thetravels of these people.

Being a Tourist draws on a wide range ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774809788
SKU
V9780774809788
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99-1

About Julia Harrison
Julia D. Harrison, formerly a museum curator, is anassociate professor in the Department of Anthropology at TrentUniversity.

Reviews for Being a Tourist: Finding Meaning in Pleasure Travel
The flavor is ethnographic and particularistic; Harrison provides many conceptual frames through which to view the experiences of her interviewees, yet their own voices come through. This retention of individuality makes the book unique, providing an unusual narrative depth. The author's command of the theoretical literature is impressive ... Highly recommended.
C. Hendershott
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