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Author Harrison, Julia D. (Julia Diane), 1953-

Title Being a tourist : finding meaning in pleasure travel / Julia Harrison
Published Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (x, 262 pages)
Contents Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Being a Tourist -- 2 Making Connections -- 3 The Tourist Aesthetic -- 4 Journeying Home -- 5 Colouring the World�s Map -- 6 Coming Back -- Travellers� Biographies -- Notes -- References Cited -- Index
Summary Reaching beyond debates about authenticity and consumption, this title analyses the nuanced moral and political complexity of privileged travel through an examination of the motivations of a group of middle-class travellers, asking why they invest their resources into this activity
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-254) and index
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Subject Travelers -- Sociological aspects
Travel -- Psychological aspects
Travel -- Sociological aspects
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Travel -- Sociological aspects
Travel -- Psychological aspects
Freizeitverhalten
Psychologie
Reisender
Urlauber
Resenärer -- sociologiska aspekter.
Resor -- psykologiska aspekter.
Turism -- psykologiska aspekter.
Turism -- sociologiska aspekter.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780774850391
0774850396
0774809779
9780774809771