1st Edition

Touring Cultures Transformations of Travel and Theory

Edited By Chris Rojek, John Urry Copyright 1997
    228 Pages
    by Routledge

    224 Pages
    by Routledge

    It is becoming ever clearer that while people tour cultures, cultures and objects themselves are in a constant state of migration. This collection brings together some of the most influential writers in the field to examine the complex connections between tourism and cultural change and the relevance of tourist experience to current theoretical debates on space, time and identity.

    Transformations of Travel and Theory, Part 1 Theories, Part 2 Contexts.

    Biography

    John Urry (Lancaster University, UK.  Professor Chris Rojek (Brunel University, UK, University Nottingham Trent.