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Being a Tourist - Finding Meaning in Pleasure Travel (Hardcover)
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Being a Tourist - Finding Meaning in Pleasure Travel (Hardcover)
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What is meaningful about the experience of travelling abroad?
Whatfeeds the impulse to explore new horizons? In Being a
Tourist,Harrison analyzes her conversations with a large group
ofupper-middle-class travellers. Why, she asks, do these people
investtheir resources -- financial, emotional, psychological, and
physical --in this activity? Harrison suggests that they are
fuelled by severaldesires, including a search for intimacy and
connection, an expressionof personal aesthetic, an exploration of
the understanding of"home," and a sensemaking strategy for a
globalized world.She also reflects on the moral and political
complexities of thetravels of these people. Being a Tourist draws
on a wide range of social theory,going beyond current debates of
authenticity and consumption.Engagingly and thoughtfully written,
it will be required reading forthose in anthropology, sociology,
cultural studies, and, moregenerally, for anyone interested in
tourism studies and travelwriting.
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