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Title Re-investing authenticity : tourism, place and emotions / edited by Britta Timm Knudsen and Anne Marit Waade.

Imprint Bristol ; Buffalo : Channel View Publications, ©2010.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 292 pages) : illustrations
Series Tourism and cultural change
Tourism and cultural change.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Acknowledgements; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 Performative Authenticity in Tourism and Spatial Experience: Rethinking the Relations Between Travel, Place and Emotion; SECTION ONE STAGING AND PRACTICING AUTHENTICITY; SECTION TWO BRANDING AND MATERIALISING AUTHENTICITY; SECTION THREE RE-WRITING AND RE-MEDIATING AUTHENTICITY; SECTION FOUR RE-EMPOWERING AUTHENTICITY; SECTION FIVE EMBODYING SPATIAL MYTHOLOGIES; References; Index.
Summary Re-thinks and re-invests in the notion of authenticity as a surplus of experiential meaning and feeling that derives from what we do at/in places. This work examines contemporary performances of authenticity in travel and tourism practices: from cultural place branding to individual pilgrim performances.
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Subject Tourism -- Psychological aspects.
Geographical perception.
Authenticity (Philosophy)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Authenticity (Philosophy)
Geographical perception
Tourism -- Psychological aspects
Added Author Timm Knudsen, Britta.
Waade, Anne Marit.
Other Form: Print version: Re-investing authenticity. Bristol ; Buffalo : Channel View Publications, ©2010 (DLC) 2009033599
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