Format:
1 online resource (145 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781845411381
Series Statement:
Tourism and Cultural Change v.23
Content:
This text explores tourism websites as mediums of identity construction and promotion. As interactive modes of communication, tourism websites for nations, cities, and attractions function critically in the new capitalism as calls for social action in contributing to economic and social rebirth, growth, and preservation.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Identity and the World Wide Web: Methods of Analysis -- Chapter 3 Narrative of the Nation: Baltic Tourism Websites in the Post-Soviet Context -- Chapter 4 The Tourist as Pilgrim, the Pilgrim as Tourist: Santiago de Compostela -- Chapter 5 Rebirth of an American City: New Orleans, Louisiana -- Chapter 6 '100 Years...Steel Strong': Forging an Identity for Gary, Indiana -- Chapter 7 The Tourist as Patriot: Sports and Nationalism -- Chapter 8 Balancing Promotion and Warning in the Construction of National Identity in Travel Guides: The Case of Myanmar/Burma -- Chapter 9 Constructing Self versus Other in Parodic Travel Guides -- Chapter 10 Conclusion: On Tourism, Identity and the World Wide Web -- References -- Index.
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Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Identity and the World Wide Web: Methods of Analysis; Chapter 3 Narrative of the Nation: Baltic Tourism Websites in the Post-Soviet Context; Chapter 4 The Tourist as Pilgrim, the Pilgrim as Tourist: Santiago de Compostela; Chapter 5 Rebirth of an American City: New Orleans, Louisiana; Chapter 6 '100 Years...Steel Strong': Forging an Identity for Gary, Indiana; Chapter 7 The Tourist as Patriot: Sports and Nationalism
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Chapter 8 Balancing Promotion and Warning in the Construction of National Identity in Travel Guides: The Case of Myanmar/BurmaChapter 9 Constructing Self versus Other in Parodic Travel Guides; Chapter 10 Conclusion: On Tourism, Identity and the World Wide Web; References; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781845411367
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781845411367
Language:
English
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