New approaches to tourism study demonstrate a notable 'critical
turn' - a shift in thought that emphasises interpretative and
critical modes of tourism inquiry. The chapters in this volume
reflect this emerging critical school of tourism studies and
represent a coordinated effort of tourism scholars whose work
engages innovative research methodologies. Since such work has been
dispersed across a variety of tourism-related and other research
fields, this book responds to a pressing need to consolidate recent
advances in a single text. Adopting a broad definition of
'criticality', the contributors seek to find 'fresh' ways of
theorising tourism by locating the phenomenon in its wider
political, economic, cultural and social contexts. The collection
addresses the power relations underpinning the production of
academic knowledge; presents a range of qualitative data collection
methods which confront the field's dominant (post)positivist
approaches; foregrounds the emotional dynamics of research
relations and explores the personal, the political and the situated
nature of research journeys.
The book has been divided into two parts, with the essays in the
first part establishing a context-specific framework for engaging
philosophical and theoretical debates in contemporary tourism
enquiry. The second set of essays then present, discuss and
critique specific methodologies, research techniques, methods of
interpretation and writing strategies, all of which are in some
sense illustrative of 'critical' tourism research. Contributors
range from postgraduate students to established academics and are
drawn from both the geopolitical margins and the 'powerbases' of
the tourism academy. Theirvarious relationships with the
English-speaking academy thus range from relative 'outsider' to
well-positioned 'insider' and as a result, their essays are
reflective of a range of locations within the complexly spun web of
academic power relations and social divisions.
*Written and edited by leading researchers working in the wider
field of tourism studies
*Content is international in scope
*Provides a cutting edge focus for those interested in tourism,
particularly the management issues now facing decision-makers,
policy analysts and the public sector
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