The British on holiday : charter tourism, identity and consumption
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The British on holiday : charter tourism, identity and consumption
（Tourism and cultural change）
Channel View Publications, c2011
- : pbk
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-255) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book is the only in-depth ethnographic study of British charter tourists. It is based on several months of participant observation of British charter tourists on holiday in Palmanova and Magaluf on the Mediterranean Island of Mallorca. With a focus on space, the body, and food and drink practices, the book explores the experiential nature of touristic practice which provides insight into constructions, understandings and knowledge of the self in relation to national, regional, class, and gender identities. These issues in turn highlight elements of power and control which are mainly articulated through the attempts to manipulate tourists' consumption practices by the mediators of tourists' experiences.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Nation, Identity and Consumption
Chapter 3: Symbolic Landscapes of Tourism
Chapter 4: Consuming Spaces
Chapter 5: The Tourist Body
Chapter 6: The Embodied Tourist
Chapter 7: Consuming Tourists
Chapter 8: Conclusion: The Great Escape
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