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The Tourist A New Theory of the Leisure Class

Paperback • 1999 • English

The Tourist A New Theory of the Leisure Class

By Dean MacCannell

1 Ratings • 4.0 of 5

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About the book

Long regarded as a classic, The Tourist is an examination of the phenomenon of tourism through a social theory lens that encompasses discussions of authenticity, high and low culture, and the construction of social reality. It brings the concerns of social science to an analysis of travel and sightseeing in the postindustrial age, during which the middle class acquired leisure time for international travel. This edition includes a new foreword by Lucy R. Lippard and a new afterword by the author...Show more

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ISBN

9780520218925

Publisher

University of California Press

Published year

1999

Language

English

Original title

The Tourist A New Theory of the Leisure Class

Format

Paperback

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