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Empty meeting grounds : the tourist papers / Dean MacCannell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacCannell, Dean.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cultural relativism.
- Tourism--Social aspects.
- Tourism.
- Postmodernism.
- Civilization, Modern--20th century.
- Civilization, Modern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (359 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Empty Meeting Grounds examines some of the new cultural forms and community arrangements that accompany the development of global tourism.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Cannibalism today; Orange County, Yugoslavia; Postmodern community planning: notes on the homeless and other nomads; Nature Incorporated; White Culture; The Liberty restoration project; Reconstructed ethnicity: tourism and cultural identity in Third World communities; The Locke case; The desire to be postmodern; Spectacles; The future of ritual; The Vietnam Memorial in Washington, DC; Afterword: misplaced traditions and the new 'folk-urban continuum'; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [310]-321) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-93397-5
- 1-134-93398-3
- 1-280-32260-8
- 9786610322602
- 0-203-41214-1
- 9780203412145
- OCLC:
- 475876635
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