Arthur Asa Berger

Theorizing Tourism

Analyzing Iconic Destinations

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A useful introduction to the study of tourism that applies semiotics and cultural theory to deal with some of our most iconic tourist destinations from the Taj Mahal to Las Vegas, and from the Eiffel Tower to Antarctica.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 307g
• ISBN-13: 9781611322354
• ISBN-10: 1611322359
• Artikelnr.: 35944687

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 101 Introduction
Chapter 1 Studying Tourism
Chapter 2 Making a Semiotic Analysis of Tourist Icons
Chapter 3 The Taj Mahal, Agra
Chapter 4 Disneyland, California
Chapter 5 Bali: An Exotic Disneyland
Chapter 6 The Ryoan-ji Rock Garden, Kyoto
Chapter 7 The Eiffel Tower, Paris
Chapter 8 The Las Vegas Strip, Nevada
Chapter 9 St. Basil's Cathedral in Red Square, Moscow
Chapter 10 Antarctic
Chapter 11 Luang Prabang, Laos
Chapter 12 The Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
Chapter 13 Chichen Itza, Mexico
Chapter 14 Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet
Chapter 15 Masada, Israel
Chapter 16 The Great Wall of China
Chapter 17 The Great Pyramid at Giza, Egypt
Chapter 18 El Escorial, Spain
Chapter 19 Brasilia, Brazil
Chapter 20 Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Chapter 21 Coda