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Author Satsuka, Shiho, 1964- author.

Title Nature in translation : Japanese tourism encounters the Canadian Rockies / Shiho Satsuka
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 263 pages) : maps
Contents Prologue: a journey to magnificent nature ... or why nature needs to be understood in translation -- Introduction -- Narratives of freedom -- Populist cosmopolitanism -- The co-modification of self -- Gender in nature neverland -- The interpretation of nature -- The allure of ecology -- Epilogue: Found in translation
Summary In Nature in Translation Shiho Satsuka studies Japanese tour guides who lead Japanese tourists on trips through the Canadian Rockies. By presenting nature in ways attuned to Japanese culture, these guides translate nature, a process that makes visible the cultural construction of nature and subjectivities
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-254) 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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Subject Japanese -- Alberta -- Banff National Park
Tour guides (Persons) -- Alberta -- Banff National Park
Tour guides (Persons) -- Japan
Japanese -- Travel -- Alberta -- Banff National Park
Ecotourism -- Alberta -- Banff National Park
HISTORY -- Canada -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Civilization
Ecotourism
Japanese
Japanese -- Travel
Tour guides (Persons)
Travel
Naturverständnis
Übersetzung
Japaner
Tourismus
SUBJECT Banff National Park (Alta.) -- Description and travel
Japan -- Civilization -- 21st century
Subject Alberta -- Banff National Park
Japan
Banff National Park
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822375609
0822375605