| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism and mobility ; 3
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Routledge/contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility ; 3.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility -- Tourism and Postcolonialism -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Reference -- 1 -- Tourism and postcolonialism -- Positioning postcolonialism -- Hegemony -- Language, text and representation -- Place, displacement and identity -- Postcoloniality and theory -- References -- 2 -- Tourism and new sense -- Introduction: the declarative value of tourism -- Theorising the declarative value of tourism: five thinkers -- Recap: recent research on the declarative value of tourism -- Tourism and postcolonial worlds -- New sense in the postcolonial world: tourism, Bhabha and enunciation -- Prospect: Bhabha and the worldmaking function of tourism -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 3 -- Saying the same old things -- Introduction -- A contemporary travel discourse in travelogues -- A colonial discourse as travel fantasy -- How travel tensions are resolved -- Domesticity or exploration and conquest? -- Mediators and the reordering of power -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 -- Cultural tourism in postcolonial environments -- Introduction -- Ethnicity and tradition -- Ethnicity, cultural tradition and tourism: some linkages -- The Carib of St Vincent -- constructing histories and ethnicities -- The ethnohistory of the Carib -- Assessment and conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 5 -- About romance and reality -- Introduction -- African landscapes and African Others in European imagery -- Africa(ns) on stage in Europe -- Primitive art -- The Bushmen of southern Africa: from exhibition on stage to exhibition on location -- Moving the stage from Europe to Africa in the European quest for authenticity -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 6 -- Commodifying heritage -- Introduction -- Fascination with heritage -- Heritage, postcolonialism and tourism -- What kind of heritage attracts tourists? -- Visual appearance -- Focus on content -- Incomplete monuments -- Challenges in commodifying heritage -- Nelson Mandela as tourist attraction -- Commodification of Zulu heritage -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 -- Tourism and British colonial heritage in Malaysia and Singapore -- Introduction -- The colonial legacy in Malaysia and Singapore -- Conserving colonial heritage -- Colonial heritage as a tourist attraction -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 -- A colonial town for neocolonial tourism -- Introduction -- Levuka: a colonial town -- Heritage in Levuka -- Building preservation -- The purpose of buildings -- Conclusion -- References -- 9 -- Neocolonialism, dependency and external control of Africa's tourism industry -- Introduction -- Historical background: colonialism and the era of big-game hunting -- The creation of wildlife parks -- External control and postcolonial tourism -- The creation of tourism image -- Exclusion of local people from tourism -- Conclusion -- References -- 10 -- Postcolonial conflict inherent in the involvement of cultural tourism in creating new national myths in Hong Kong -- Introduction -- National myths and loaded symbols -- The treatment of culture and herit. |
| Summary |
This book draws together theoretical and applied research in order to illuminate the links between tourism, colonialism and postcolonialism. Significantly, it aims to create a space for the voices of authors from postcolonial countries. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tourism.
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Tourism. |
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Tourism -- Social aspects.
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Tourism -- Social aspects. |
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Postcolonialism.
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Postcolonialism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hall, Colin Michael, 1961-
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Tucker, Hazel, 1965-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tourism and postcolonialism. London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2004 (DLC) 2004002281 |
| ISBN |
0203392272 (electronic book) |
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9780203392270 (electronic book) |
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9780415331029 (cloth) |
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0415331021 (cloth) |
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0415331021 (cloth) |
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