X
feed icon rss

Your email was sent successfully. Check your inbox.

An error occurred while sending the email. Please try again.

Proceed reservation?

Export
Filter
  • MPI Bildungsforschung  (4)
  • SB Ulrich Plenzdorf Seelow
  • SB Lübben
  • Chon, Kaye Sung  (2)
  • Nader, Alireza  (2)
Type of Medium
Language
Region
Library
Years
Person/Organisation
Keywords
Access
  • 1
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Ocean Travel and Cruising : A Cultural Analysis (2004)
    Florence : Routledge
    Details
    UID:
    gbv_1696221412
    Format: 1 online resource (149 pages)
    ISBN: 9781136415401
    Content: A one-of-a-kind analysis of ocean cruising! In Ocean Travel and Cruising: A Cultural Analysis, noted author Arthur Asa Berger turns his critical eye to the phenomenon of ocean cruising. This academically solid yet reader-friendly book brings a multidisciplinary cultural studies approach to the subject, examining ocean cruising from economic, semiotic, sociological, psychoanalytic, and marketing perspectives, and offering insights not provided by the more traditional sociological approaches to the subject. You'll explore cruise demographics, the relationship between cruising and gender, the sociology of dining on cruise ships, hedonism and pleasure seeking, the compulsion to cruise, consolidation in the industry, the exploitation of workers on cruise ships, and a great deal more. Here's a section-by-section rundown of what's in store for you and your students in this one-of-a-kind new text: The Economics of Cruising examines cruise categories, industry consolidation, worker exploitation, and ways that cruise lines make money aside from ticket sales. This section also compares the costs of cruises vs. land-based vacations and fills you in on the typical weekly food and beverage consumption of the Carnival line's complement of ships, which sheds light on how a cruise line can, for a mere 10, provide a food array that would cost a restaurant or hotel 33 to 40. Signs at SeaThe Semiotics of Cruising provides you with a quick primer on semiotics and then discusses the cruise ship as a sign system and then breaks the system down to its component parts, discussing dining rooms, cabins/staterooms, dress codes, spatiality, luxury signifiers, the perceived elitism of the cruise experience, the role of photography, and more. A Sociological Analysis of Cruising explores cruise demographics and their meaning, time budgeting on cruises, the sociology of
    Content: Intro -- Ocean Travel and Cruising: A Cultural Analysis -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface: The Joke Is on Me! -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. The Economics of Cruising -- Cruising to Alaska: A Case Study -- Cruises Compared to Land-Based Vacations -- Other Ways Cruise Lines Make Money -- Cruise Categories -- Consolidation of the Cruise Industry -- Exploitation of Workers on Cruise Ships? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2. Signs at Sea: The Semiotics of Cruising -- A Primer on Semiotics -- The Cruise Ship As a Sign System -- Cruises and Pilgrimages -- Names of Cruise Lines and the Perceived Elitism of the Cruise Experience -- Taking Photographs and Using Video Cameras Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. Sociological Analysis of Cruising -- Cruise Demographics -- Gender and Cruising -- Carnivalization Theory and Cruising -- The Sociology of Dining -- Time Budgets and the Busy Life at Sea -- New Trends in Cruising -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4. A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Cruising -- The Compulsion to Cruise -- Sea and Psyche -- The Paradise Myth and Cruises -- Cruise Liners As Floating Utopias -- Hedonism and Pleasure Seeking -- Cruise Taking As Regression in the Service of the Ego -- The Gourmet/Gourmand Problem -- Unconditional Love -- The Agony of the Choice -- Escaping the Boredom of Everyday Life -- Behind the Facade: Daily Life of Crew Members -- The Ship As a Labyrinth: A Speculative Theory -- The Cruise Travel Agent As "Fairy Godmother" -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Selling Smooth Sailing: Advertising and Marketing Cruises -- Interpreting Advertisements -- What Can Be Analyzed in a Print Advertisement? -- Cruise Advertising in the August 2002 Travel + Leisure Magazine -- Commonalities in These Cruise Advertisements -- Two Cruise Line Brochure (Catalog) Covers -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6. Cruising (on) the Internet.
    Note: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780789021977
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780789021977
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books ; Electronic books
    URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1074682
    URL: FULL  ((OIS Credentials Required))
    URL: FULL  ((OIS Credentials Required))
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
    Online Resource
    Berlin International
    MPI Bildungsforschung
  • 2
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Israel and Iran : a dangerous rivalry (2011)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Defense Research Institute
    Details
    UID:
    gbv_1008656372
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (100 pages)
    ISBN: 9780833058607 , 0833058630 , 0833058622 , 0833058614 , 0833058606 , 9780833058614 , 9780833058621 , 9780833058638
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation monograph series
    Content: "Israel and Iran have come to view each other as direct regional rivals over the past decade, with Iran viewing Israel as being bent on undermining Iran's revolutionary system and Israel viewing Iran as posing grave strategic and ideological challenges to the Jewish state. But the two countries have not always been rivals. Both before and after the 1979 Islamic revolution, shared geopolitical interests led to years of pragmatic policies and, at times, extensive cooperation. But the growing rivalry between them has intensified in recent years, particularly with the rise of principlist (fundamentalist) leaders in Iran and the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran. Israeli leaders now view every regional threat through the prism of Iran, even if their strategic community is divided about how to address this challenge and particularly the utility of a military strike option. Iran, which currently views Israel in more ideological and less pragmatic terms, may be emboldened to further challenge Israel if it has a nuclear weapons capability. The United States can help manage this rivalry by focusing on policies aimed at prevention and preparation. This means discouraging an Israeli military strike while bolstering Israeli capabilities in preparation for a future where Iran has managed to acquire nuclear weapons. For Iran, this means dissuading that regime from weaponizing its nuclear program and, if that fails, making preparations to deter it from brandishing or using its weapons."--Publisher's description
    Content: "Israel and Iran have come to view each other as direct regional rivals over the past decade, with Iran viewing Israel as being bent on undermining Iran's revolutionary system and Israel viewing Iran as posing grave strategic and ideological challenges to the Jewish state. But the two countries have not always been rivals. Both before and after the 1979 Islamic revolution, shared geopolitical interests led to years of pragmatic policies and, at times, extensive cooperation. But the growing rivalry between them has intensified in recent years, particularly with the rise of principlist (fundamentalist) leaders in Iran and the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran. Israeli leaders now view every regional threat through the prism of Iran, even if their strategic community is divided about how to address this challenge and particularly the utility of a military strike option. Iran, which currently views Israel in more ideological and less pragmatic terms, may be emboldened to further challenge Israel if it has a nuclear weapons capability. The United States can help manage this rivalry by focusing on policies aimed at prevention and preparation. This means discouraging an Israeli military strike while bolstering Israeli capabilities in preparation for a future where Iran has managed to acquire nuclear weapons. For Iran, this means dissuading that regime from weaponizing its nuclear program and, if that fails, making preparations to deter it from brandishing or using its weapons."--Publisher's description
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780833058607
    Additional Edition: Druck-Ausgabe
    Additional Edition: Print version Kaye, Dalia Dassa Israel and Iran Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Defense Research Institute, [2011]
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
    URL: Volltext  (kostenfrei)
    URL: kostenfrei
    URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=846008
    URL: Volltext
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
    Online Resource
    Fulltext
    Stabi Berlin
    MPI Bildungsforschung
  • 3
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Vietnam Tourism (2012)
    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    Details
    UID:
    gbv_739069802
    Format: Online-Ressource (158 p)
    ISBN: 9780789025708
    Content: Explore the travel/tourism possibilities of this exotic yet tourist-friendly countryVietnam Tourism presents a unique ethnographic-semiotic analysis of some of the most important touristic icons in Vietnamese culture. In addition, it offers a firsthand analysis of many aspects of daily life in Vietnam and a semiotic analysis of Vietnam's dominant cultural symbols. A twelve-page photo section brings vibrant images of this unique country to life.Vietnam Tourism also presents an essential overview of what Vietnam has to offer tourists, looking at the exciting possibilities?and the potential pitfa
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , Cover; Vietnam Tourism; Copyright; CONTENTS; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; A NOTE ON ETHNOGRAPHY; THE DESIGN OF THE BOOK; WHY PEOPLE BECOME TOURISTS: USES AND GRATIFICATIONS; PART I: VIETNAM AS A TOURIST DESTINATION-AN ANALYTIC PERSPECTIVE; Chapter 1 The Pros and Cons of Vietnam Tourism; STATISTICS ON TOURISM IN VIETNAM, THAILAND, AND CAMBODIA; VISITORS IN VIETNAM BY COUNTRY IN 2001; SOME PROBLEMS OF VIETNAM'S TOURISM INDUSTRY; BENEFITS OF VIETNAM AS A TOURIST DESTINATION; Chapter 2 The Consumer Culture and Vietnam; TOURISM AND CONSUMER CULTURES: THE GRID-GROUP TYPOLOGY , CONSUMER CULTURES AND TOURIST CHOICESTRAVEL PREFERENCES IN VIETNAM AND CULTURAL ALIGNMENTS; ABOUT IMAGINING, INTERPRETING, AND REMEMBERING VIETNAM; PART II: VIRTUAL VIETNAM-IMAGINING VIETNAM; Chapter 3 Vietnam: Image and Reality; VIETNAM AS AN IMAGINED PLACE; PICO IYER'S PICTURE OF SAIGON AND HANOI; TWO WRITERS ON THE VIETNAMESE PASSION FOR FOOD; THE VIETNAM WAR; Chapter 4 Touring Vietnam in Safety and Comfort; LOGISTICS; TF HANDSPAN GROUP TOUR ITINERARY; ANNIE, THU, AND PROBLEMS WITH NAMES; ADVENTURE WEAR AND MAGIC GLASSES: I GO HIGH TECH; TEACHING THE VIETNAMESE ABOUT AMERICAN CULTURE , ESCAPING WITH ONE'S LIFE WHILE TOURING VIETNAMA RAINBOW THE DAY WE LEAVE; ON THE MATTER OF VIETNAM'S APPEAL FOR TOURISTS; PART III: SEMIOTIC VIETNAM-INTERPRETING THE COUNTRY; Chapter 5 Understanding Vietnam: Culture and Geography; SCHOLARLY APPROACHES TO STUDYING FOREIGN CULTURES; THE IDEAS OF ROLAND BARTHES; QUOC NGU: THE VIETNAMESE WRITTEN LANGUAGE; THE CAO DAI CATHEDRAL AT TAY NINH; SAPA AND THE HILL-TRIBE GIRLS; THE MEKONG DELTA; HANOI; HO CHI MINH CITY/SAIGON; Chapter 6 Exploring Vietnam's Culture: Food and Entertainment; PHO; NUOC MAM (FISH SAUCE); VIETNAMESE METAL COFFEE POTS , SPRING ROLLSNON LA (CONICAL HATS); AO DAI: THE TRADITIONAL VIETNAMESE COSTUME FOR WOMEN; HO CHI MINH'S BODY; GENERAL GIAP: THE SNOW-COVERED VOLCANO; GREEN PITH HELMETS; CU CHI TUNNELS; CD CAFÉS; DONG AND DOLLARS; ROI NUOC (WATER PUPPETS); PART IV: REMEMBERING VIETNAM-BACK IN THE UNITED STATES; Chapter 7 Reflections on Touring Vietnam; A JUMBLE OF MEMORIES; THE ACTUAL VIETNAM VERSUS THE VIRTUAL VIETNAM; STREET CULTURES AND HOUSE CULTURES; AN AGE-OLD QUESTION; Chapter 8 Conclusion; THE TOURIST AS STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND; A FINAL WORD; Bibliography; Index;
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781136427725
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780789025708
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Vietnam Tourism
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books
    URL: Volltext
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
    Online Resource
    Online Access
    MPI Bildungsforschung
  • 4
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Iran's Nuclear Future : Critical U.S. Policy Choices (2011)
    Santa Monica : RAND Corporation, The
    Details
    UID:
    gbv_1696204674
    Format: 1 online resource (153 pages)
    ISBN: 9780833053084
    Content: As Iran's nuclear program evolves, U.S. decisionmakers will confront a series of critical policy choices involving complex considerations and policy trade-offs. These policy choices could involve dissuading Iran from developing nuclear weapons; deterring Iran from using its nuclear weapons, if it were to acquire them; and reassuring U.S. regional partners. The U.S. Air Force will need to prepare to carry out whatever policies are chosen.
    Content: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One Introduction -- Study Objectives and Scope -- Analysis Framework for the New Strategic Environment -- Step 1: Conduct Regional Analyses -- Step 2: Define Ways to Achieve U.S. Goals for Nuclear Dissuasion,Deterrence, and Reassurance -- Step 3: Define and Assess Critical U.S. Policy Choices -- Step 4: Describe U.S. Air Force Contributions -- How Our Analytical Approach Differs from Others -- Organization of This Monograph -- Chapter Two Influencing Iran -- Iran's National Security Interests -- Ensuring Regime Survival -- Protecting the Homeland Against All External Threats -- Expanding Regional Influence -- Can Iran Be Expected to Act Rationally? -- Iran's Nuclear Program: Prospects and Uncertainties -- Internal Debate on the Future of Iran's Nuclear Program -- Chapter Three Dissuading Iran from Nuclear Weaponization -- Iranian Actions That the United States Wishes to Dissuade -- Current U.S. Policies Toward Iran's Nuclear Program -- Critical U.S. Policy Choices -- Raise Costs -- Provide Incentives -- Conclusion -- Chapter Four Deterring a Nuclear-Armed Iran -- Iran's Military Behavior and Planning -- Historical Military Behavior -- Military Doctrine -- Conventional Capabilities -- Military Exercises -- Paths to Conflict -- Conflict in Response to International Pressures and Actions Perceived as Acts of War -- Conflict in Response to a U.S. or Israeli Attack Against Iran'sNuclear Facilities -- Conflict to Expand Regional Influence or Consolidate Domestic Power -- Iran's Potential Use of Nuclear Weapons -- Current U.S. Policies and Capabilities -- Policy Choices for Deterring Iran's Use of Nuclear Weapons Against U.S. Military Forces -- Deter by Managing Conflict Escalation.
    Note: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780833051752
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780833051752
    Language: English
    URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=726846
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
    Online Resource
    MPI Bildungsforschung
Nothing or not found what you are looking for? Please check your search query or use the Interlibrary Loan Search.
Close ⊗
This website uses cookies and the analysis tool Matomo. Further information can be found on the KOBV privacy pages