The tourists gaze, the Cretans glance : archaeology and tourism on a Greek island / Philip Duke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duke, P. G., author.

Series:

Heritage, tourism, and community.

Heritage, tourism, and community

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minoans.

Tourism--Greece--Crete.

Tourism.

Crete (Greece)--Antiquities.

Crete (Greece).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Archaeology and tourism on a Greek island

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As researchers bring their analytic skills to bear on contemporary archaeological tourism, they find that it is as much about the present as the past. Philip Duke's study of tourists gazing at the remains of Bronze Age Crete highlights this nexus between past and present, between exotic and mundane. Using personal diaries, ethnographic interviews, site guidebooks, and tourist brochures, Duke helps us understand the impact that archaeological sites, museums and the constructed past have on tourists' view of their own culture, how it legitimizes class inequality at home as well as on the island.

Contents:

Preface; Introduction; Touring the Past; The Minoan Past; Tourists and the Constructed Past; Modern Crete, Ancient Minoans, and the Tourist Experience; Constructing a Prehistory; The Nexus of the Past; References Cited; Index; About the Author.

Notes:

First published 2007 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-143) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1315416913

1315416921

131541693X

1598747797

9781315416939

OCLC:

711747388