Tourism and Humour / Philip L. Pearce, Anja Pabel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pearce, Philip L., Author.

Pabel, Anja, Author.

Series:

Aspects of tourism ; 68.

Aspects of Tourism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism--Humor.

Tourism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Channel View Publications, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about humour in all kinds of tourism settings. It discusses the many ways in which humour can occur during tourism exchanges including guided tours, tourism marketing and promotion and travel narratives. Other themes include the role of humour in enhancing the tourist experience, the benefits of tourism humour, considerations of when humour may appear inappropriate in tourism settings and the development of tourism humour theory. The work includes much original material collected by the authors. The book will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers of tourism as well as humour scholars from other disciplines.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Tables

Acknowledgements

Foreword

1. Better to Laugh Than Cry

2. It Will Be a Laugh

3. Joking Our Way Through the Day

4. That’s a Funny Story

5. Not Funny

6. In it for a Laugh

References

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9781845415112

1845415116

9781845415105

1845415108

OCLC:

1135613389