Envisioning eden : mobilizing imaginaries in tourism and beyond
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Envisioning eden : mobilizing imaginaries in tourism and beyond
(New directions in anthropology, v. 31)
Berghahn Books, 2010
Available at 4 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-217) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
As tourism service standards become more homogeneous, travel destinations worldwide are conforming yet still trying to maintain, or even increase, their distinctiveness. Based on more than two years of fieldwork in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and Arusha, Tanzania, this book offers an in-depth investigation of the local-to-global dynamics of contemporary tourism. Each destination offers examples that illustrate how tour guide narratives and practices are informed by widely circulating imaginaries of the past as well as personal imaginings of the future.
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Foreword: Circulating Culture
by Edward Bruner
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Chapter 1. Preparing a Roadmap
Chapter 2. Two Destinations, One Destiny
Chapter 3. 'Seducation'
Chapter 4. Imaging and Imagining Other Worlds
Chapter 5. Guiding Roles and Rules
Chapter 6. Fantasy Meets Reality
Chapter 7. Coming Home
Bibliography
Index
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