| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 131 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The economics of cruising -- Signs at sea : the semiotics of cruising -- Sociological analysis of cruising -- Psychoanalytic interpretation of cruising -- Selling smooth sailing : advertising and marketing cruises -- Cruising (on) the Internet -- Notes from a cruise journal |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-126) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Ocean travel.
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Ocean travel -- Psychological aspects
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Travelers -- Psychology
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Cruise ships.
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cruise ships.
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cruises.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Cruise ships
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Ocean travel
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Travelers -- Psychology
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Kreuzfahrt
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2003009812 |
| ISBN |
9781136415401 |
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1136415408 |
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9780203050026 |
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0203050029 |
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9781136415548 |
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1136415548 |
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9781136415470 |
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1136415475 |
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