| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 338 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
| Series |
Tourism social science series ; volume 24 |
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Tourism social science series ; v. 24.
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| Contents |
Introduction: From pseudo-events to authentic experiences / Jillian M. Rickly and Elizabeth S. Vidon -- Looking for authenticity in product geography / Jean-Noël Patrick L'Espoir Decosta and Mikael Andéhn -- "See you in Iran" on Facebook : assessing user-generated authenticity / NIcholas Wise and Farnaz Farzin -- Marketing and authenticity in tourism : a cacao farm in Brazil / Mariana Bueno de Andrade Matos and Maria de Lourdes de Azevedo Barbosa -- Love, romance, and behavior : finding Juliet, finding meaning / Philip L. Pearce and Zohre Mohammadi -- Authenticity of a national icon : the Trinidad steelpan as a tourism resource / Johnny Coomansingh -- Authenticity in Portugal's interior rural areas / José Alberto Moutela, Vivina Almeida Carreira, and Fidel Martínez-Roget -- Tourists' photographic constructions of place in Ireland / Seán T. Ruane, Bernadette Quinn, and Sheila Flanagan -- Understanding authenticity within gastronomic experiences / Bill J. Gregorash -- Digital revolution or plastic gimmick? : authenticity in 3D souvenirs / Constantia Anastasiadou and Samantha Vettese -- Hyperreal light simulacra : performing heritage buildings / Jane Lovell -- Hunting and fishing as ecotourism : the authenticity debate / Agnes Nowaczek and Hitesh Mehta -- Authenticating the wilderness : power, politics, performance / Elizabeth S. Vidon -- An autoethnographic reflection : Western elitism in late capitalism / Amy Savener and Alexia Franzidis -- Afterword: Authenticity and life / Daniel C. Knudsen |
| Summary |
Debates around the concept of authenticity date to the earliest theories of tourism, as scholars attempted to understand motivations for traveling away from 'home' and touristic experiences of places far 'away'. Over time, theories of authenticity have burgeoned from epistemological to ontological notions drawing a broad range of philosophers into tourism research. This edited volume features chapters that engage with key debates about authenticity - its materiality, how it is perceived, and how it is experienced. The book is comprised of four sections thematically organized around popular trends in authenticity research in tourism, making this volume appropriate as both a comprehensive text and as individual investigations. Authenticity & Tourism: Materialities, Perceptions, Experiences includes chapters that engage with the pragmatic and the theoretical, including conversations on marketing and the production of tourism attractions, examinations of the constructive nature of authenticity, and the politics of authentication processes. Also included are contributions that revisit technological trends in tourism and advance debates of authenticity in souvenirs, photographs, and simulated experiences, as well as those more firmly anchored in the theoretical, pushing boundaries and establishing paths for future research. Across these chapters, the authors employ a range of methodologies, from autoethnography to photo and food-elicitation combinations to discourse and content analyses. Set against a backdrop of truly global case studies, this collection exemplifies the multiple facets of authenticity research in tourism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-315) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 16, 2018) |
| Subject |
Tourism -- History
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Tourism -- Research
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Authenticity (Philosophy)
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Tourism industry.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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TRAVEL -- Budget.
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TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks.
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TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
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TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds.
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Authenticity (Philosophy)
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Tourism
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Tourism -- Research
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rickly, Jillian, editor.
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Vidon, Elizabeth S., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781787548169 |
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1787548163 |
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9781787548183 |
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178754818X |
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