contested discourses, identities and representations /
First Statement of Responsibility
[edited by] C. Michael Hall & Hazel Tucker.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, NY :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource
SERIES
Series Title
Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism and mobility ;
Volume Designation
3
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Cover -- Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility -- Tourism and Postcolonialism -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Reference -- 1 -- Tourism and postcolonialism -- Positioning postcolonialism -- Hegemony -- Language, text and representation -- Place, displacement and identity -- Postcoloniality and theory -- References -- 2 -- Tourism and new sense -- Introduction: the declarative value of tourism -- Theorising the declarative value of tourism: five thinkers -- Recap: recent research on the declarative value of tourism -- Tourism and postcolonial worlds -- New sense in the postcolonial world: tourism, Bhabha and enunciation -- Prospect: Bhabha and the worldmaking function of tourism -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 3 -- Saying the same old things -- Introduction -- A contemporary travel discourse in travelogues -- A colonial discourse as travel fantasy -- How travel tensions are resolved -- Domesticity or exploration and conquest? -- Mediators and the reordering of power -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 -- Cultural tourism in postcolonial environments -- Introduction -- Ethnicity and tradition -- Ethnicity, cultural tradition and tourism: some linkages -- The Carib of St Vincent -- constructing histories and ethnicities -- The ethnohistory of the Carib -- Assessment and conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 5 -- About romance and reality -- Introduction -- African landscapes and African Others in European imagery -- Africa(ns) on stage in Europe -- Primitive art -- The Bushmen of southern Africa: from exhibition on stage to exhibition on location -- Moving the stage from Europe to Africa in the European quest for authenticity -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 6 -- Commodifying heritage -- Introduction -- Fascination with heritage -- Heritage, postcolonialism and tourism -- What kind of heritage attracts tourists? -- Visual appearance -- Focus on content -- Incomplete monuments -- Challenges in commodifying heritage -- Nelson Mandela as tourist attraction -- Commodification of Zulu heritage -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 -- Tourism and British colonial heritage in Malaysia and Singapore -- Introduction -- The colonial legacy in Malaysia and Singapore -- Conserving colonial heritage -- Colonial heritage as a tourist attraction -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 -- A colonial town for neocolonial tourism -- Introduction -- Levuka: a colonial town -- Heritage in Levuka -- Building preservation -- The purpose of buildings -- Conclusion -- References -- 9 -- Neocolonialism, dependency and external control of Africa's tourism industry -- Introduction -- Historical background: colonialism and the era of big-game hunting -- The creation of wildlife parks -- External control and postcolonial tourism -- The creation of tourism image -- Exclusion of local people from tourism -- Conclusion -- References -- 10 -- Postcolonial conflict inherent in the involvement of cultural tourism in creating new national myths in Hong Kong -- Introduction -- National myths and loaded symbols -- The treatment of culture and herit.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book draws together theoretical and applied research in order to illuminate the links between tourism, colonialism and postcolonialism. Significantly, it aims to create a space for the voices of authors from postcolonial countries.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Tourism and postcolonialism.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Postcolonialism.
Tourism-- Social aspects.
Tourism.
Postcolonialisme.
Tourisme-- Aspect social.
Tourisme.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Industries-- Hospitality, Travel & Tourism.