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Heritage and tourism in "the global village" / Priscilla Boniface & Peter J. Fowler.

By: Boniface, Priscilla.
Contributor(s): Fowler, P. J.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Heritage.Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1993Description: xiii, 175 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0415072360; 0415072379 .Subject(s): Tourism -- Social aspects | Culture | EthnocentrismDDC classification: 338.4791
Contents:
Introduction: setting the global scene -- Home thoughts -- Indigenous and colonial -- East and west -- The aloha experience: Hawaii -- Urbane and streetwise -- The rural scene -- In the museum direction -- The 'moving object' -- Global products -- Heritage, tourism and 'the village'.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 338.4791 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00044803
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item 338.4791 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00044807
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Includes bibliographical references (page 172) and indexes.

Introduction: setting the global scene -- Home thoughts -- Indigenous and colonial -- East and west -- The aloha experience: Hawaii -- Urbane and streetwise -- The rural scene -- In the museum direction -- The 'moving object' -- Global products -- Heritage, tourism and 'the village'.

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The stated objectives of Boniface and Fowler are to investigate heritage interpretations in a global context and to consider the implications of presentations for tourists and presenters. High in questions and low in analysis, the work offers few substantial suggestions for future research or action. The authors also take the position that tourism is motivated by status and the desire to escape into experiences of "extra-authenticity." Somewhat reminiscent of Daniel Boorstin's assertion that tourism is a pseudo-event (The Image: A Guide to Pseueo-Events in America, 1961), the work seems to negate the significance of the experiential aspects of tourism. Indeed, the authors claim that because of the availability of information made possible by the technological revolution, they could have done all necessary research without ever leaving home. They did not, however, stay at home, and much of the work reads like a sophisticated travelogue. The book is a select inventory of many of the world's largest tourist attractions, which deserve more serious consideration. S. Brown; Historic Savannah Foundation

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