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Tourism in Global Society

Place, Culture, Consumption

Kevin Meethan author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:20th Mar '01

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'...a valuable addition to the sociological and anthropological literature in tourism.' - Janne Liburd, University of Houston

There is a wealth of case study material on tourism from a variety of different disciplines, but few attempts to synthesise the broad themes into a coherent analytical framework.There is a wealth of case study material on tourism from a variety of different disciplines, but few attempts to synthesise the broad themes into a coherent analytical framework. This book addresses this problem by analysing tourism in light of contemporary social theory. By focusing on tourism in terms of consumption, commodification, and the political and cultural economy, the relationships between tourism, globalisation, people and place are explored in an empirically grounded but theoretically informed analysis.

'...a valuable addition to the sociological and anthropological literature in tourism.' - Janne Liburd, University of Houston

ISBN: 9780333760581

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 297g

214 pages