""a welcome addition to a growing body of scholarly writing... a
comprehensive critical survey of the literature on cultural
heritage and tourism and associated issues in the fields of
cultural and media studies over the previous decade. These concepts
and issues are clearly presented and exemplified in the case
studies of numerous sites of cultural display..." Southern Review"
Why is culture so widely on display? What are the major
characteristics of contemporary cultural display? What is the
relationship between cultural display and key features of
contemporary society: the rise of consumerism; tourism;
'identity-speak'; globalization? What can cultural display tell us
about current relations of self and other, here and there, now and
then? "Culture on Display" invites the reader to visit culture.
Reflecting on the contemporary proliferation of sites displaying
culture in visitable form, it offers fresh ways of thinking about
tourism, leisure and heritage.
Bella Dicks locates diverse exhibitionary locations within wider
social, economic and cultural transformations, including
contemporary practices of tourism and travel, strategies of
economic development, the staging of identities, globalization,
interactivity and relations of consumerism. In particular, she
critically examines how culture becomes transformed when it is put
on display within these contexts. In each chapter, key theoretical
issues of debate, such as authenticity, commodification and
representation, are discussed in a lively and accessible
manner.
This is an important book for undergraduate and postgraduate
students of cultural policy, cultural and media studies and
sociology, as well as academic researchers in this field. It will
also be of considerable value to students of sociology of culture,
cultural politics, arts administration and cultural management.
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