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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism.
Title:
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism.
Author:
Lew, Alan A.
ISBN:
9781118474624
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (809 pages)
Series:
Wiley Blackwell Companions to Geography
Contents:
Table of Contents -- Wiley Blackwell Companions to Geography -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Notes on Contributors -- Part 1: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Tourism: Conceptualizations, Disciplinarity, Institutions, and Issues -- Conceptualizing Tourism -- The Institutionalization of Tourism Studies: Tourism as a Discipline? -- Issues -- References -- Part 2: Perspectives on Tourism -- Introduction: Perspectives on Tourism -- References -- Chapter 2: Tourist Flows and Spatial Behavior -- Modeling Interdestination Tourist Movements -- Modeling Intradestination Movements -- Intervening Factors -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Tourism Motivations and Decision Making -- Background Issues -- A Core History of Tourist Motivation Study -- Adding to the Tourist Motivation Literature -- Employing Travel Motivation Concepts -- Decision Making -- Conclusions: Theoretical and Methodological Reflections -- References -- Chapter 4: Political Economy of Tourism -- Tourism and Regulation Theory -- Theoretical and Methodological Reflections -- References -- Chapter 5: Cultural Geographies of Tourism -- Tourism as Geography Writ Large -- Being a Tourist, Doing Tourism -- Studying Tourism Cultures -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6: Tourism Mobilities -- Global Tourism Mobilities -- Heritage Tourism Mobilities -- Imaginative and Communicative Tourism Mobilities -- Mobile Methods -- Theoretical and Methodological Reflections -- References -- Chapter 7: Critical Perspectives on Tourism -- Early Critical Perspectives -- The Development of the Critical Tourism Studies Movement -- Critical Engagements in Tourism and Hospitality -- Theoretical and Methodological Reflections -- References -- Part 3: Producing Tourism and Tourism Spaces -- Introduction: Producing Tourism and Tourism Spaces -- References -- Chapter 8: Economic Geographies of Tourism Revisited.

A Retrospective on the Economic Geography of Tourism -- Flows of Capital -- A Case Study: The Economic Geography of Air Transportation and Tourism -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Entrepreneurial Cultures and Small Business Enterprises in Tourism -- Entrepreneurship and Tourism: a Changing Research Agenda -- Entrepreneurial Processes and the Small Firm -- Entrepreneurial Cultures in Tourism: the Small-Scale Enterprise -- Models of Small-Firm Growth: Innovation and Knowledge Transfer -- Entrepreneurial Networks and Tourism Destinations -- Theoretical and Methodological Reflections: Future Issues -- References -- Chapter 10: Labor Mobility and Labor Market Structures in Tourism -- Tourism Labor Markets and Labor Mobility -- Issues in Tourism Labor Mobility -- Methodological Developments -- Future Developments -- References -- Chapter 11: Tourism and Development -- The Emergence of Development Theory -- Tourism through the Lens of Development Theory -- Theoretical and Methodological Reflections: Issues and Challenges -- References -- Chapter 12: Transport and Tourism -- The Transport-Tourism-Mobility Relationship -- The Nascent Tourism Transport Literature -- The Relationship Between Transport, Recreation, and Tourism -- The Car and Recreational Travel -- Cycling as a Sustainable Form of Recreational and Tourist Transport -- Current Research Issues for Tourism and Transport -- Theoretical and Methodological Reflections -- References -- Chapter 13: Tourism Innovation -- Types of Innovation in Tourism -- Entrepreneurs and Networks: Inspiration or Implementation -- Employees: Close to the Customer, Close to Innovation -- Tourists: Experts in the Tourism Experience and in Incremental Innovations -- Conclusions: Theoretical and Methodological Reflections -- References -- Chapter 14: Souvenirs, Tourists, and Tourism.

Souvenirs Scholarship -- Souvenirs Phenomena -- Souvenirs Consumption -- Souvenirs Perceptions -- Theoretical and Methodological Reflections -- References -- Part 4: Globalizing People, Places, and Markets in Tourism -- Introduction: Globalizing People, Places, and Markets in Tourism -- References -- Chapter 15: Transnational Corporations and the Globalization of Tourism -- Drivers of Globalization -- Effects -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 16: Problematizing Place Promotion and Commodification -- Place Marketing and Management -- Mindful Place Promotion -- Epilogue: Theoretical, Methodological, and Practice Reflections -- References -- Chapter 17: Urban Tourism and the Experience Economy -- Experience Economy and Geography: Intimate Connections -- Experience Landscapes in Urban Tourism: Issues and Concerns -- Experiencing Experiencescapes: Methodological Developments -- Theoretical and Methodological Reflections: Questions for the Future -- References -- Chapter 18: Tourism and Creative Economies -- Historical Antecedents -- Synergies Between the "Creative" Industry and Tourism -- Cultural Quarters -- Individual Creative Industries and Forms of Special-Interest Tourism -- Theoretical and Methodological Reflections -- Note -- References -- Chapter 19: Mobilities, Ethnicity, and Tourism -- The Mobility Paradigm -- The Tourism Imaginary -- Defining Ethnicity -- Ethnicity and Tourism -- Chinatown -- Theoretical and Methodological Reflections -- References -- Chapter 20: GPS, Smartphones, and the Future of Tourism Research -- The Introduction of GPS to Social Science Research and to Tourism Studies -- The Smartphone Revolution and it Implications for Tourists and Researchers -- GPS Data and the Potential for Complex Spatiotemporal Modeling and Data Mining -- Ethical Questions and the Tracking of Tourists.

Theoretical and Methodological Reflections -- Key Questions for Future Research -- References -- Chapter 21: New Territories in Information Technologies and Tourism Research -- The Critical Turn and Technology -- Embedded Cognition, Situated Action, and Technologies as Actors -- The Interface of Tourism -- Bridging Reflection and Making -- Theoretical and Methodological Reflections -- References -- Part 5: Social Theories of Tourist Practice, Experience, and Landscapes Encounters -- Introduction: Social Theories of Tourist Practice, Experience, and Landscapes Encounters -- References -- Chapter 22: Landscapes of Tourism -- The Place of Landscape in Tourism Geography: A Critical Assessment -- Key Issues and Research Advances in Tourism Landscapes -- Theoretical and Methodological Reflections -- References -- Chapter 23: Tourism After the Postmodern Turn -- "Tourism, Modernity, and Postmodernity" After a Decade -- Where did Postmodernity Go? -- Practice: Real Tourism -- Theoretical and Methodological Reflections: Tourism as Analytic -- References -- Chapter 24: The Tourist Gaze 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 -- 1.0 -- 2.0 -- 3.0 -- Theoretical and Methodological Reflections: Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 25: Gender and Feminist Perspectives in Tourism Research -- Tourism Research and Education -- Women, Employment, and Empowerment -- Tourism and the Global Sex Trade -- Tourism and the Sexualization of Everyday Life -- Tourism's "Hot" Environments and Sexual Harassment -- Epilogue: Theoretical, Methodological, and Practice Reflections -- References -- Chapter 26: Tourism and the Visual -- The Grand Tour, the Picturesque, the Sublime, and Occularcentrism -- The Tourist Gaze -- Embodied Visualities in Tourism -- Performances, Practice, and the Visual -- Mediation and Technology: Repositioning Tourists as Coproducers of the Visual.

Changing Visualities and Changing Methods -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 27: Speaking Heritage -- Social: Historical Linguistic Context -- Social: Contemporary Linguistic Usage -- Individual Linguistic Experience -- Theoretical and Methodological Reflections -- References -- Chapter 28: Religion and Spirituality in Tourism -- Clearing the Path -- Religious Parameters of Traveling -- Religious Sites -- Pilgrimages -- Spirituality and Spiritual Tourism -- Conclusion -- References -- Part 6: Tourist Attractions: Places, Spaces, and Forms -- Introduction: Tourist Attractions: Places, Spaces, and Forms -- References -- Chapter 29: Material Culture and Contested Heritage in Tourism -- Conservation Meets Development -- The Future of the Past in the World's Emerging Economies -- Planning for Conservation -- Everyday conflicts in Dubrovnik -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 30: Trends in Tourism, Shopping, and Retailing -- Shopping Tourism and Tourist Shopping -- Contemporary Trends -- Perspectives on Demand -- Conclusion: Theoretical and Methodological Reflections -- References -- Chapter 31: Progress in Second-Home Tourism Research -- A Short History of Second-Home Research -- The Expansion of Second-Home Research -- Meanings and Motivations -- Location -- Second-Home Tourism Impacts -- The Tourism-Migration Nexus -- International Dimensions -- Theoretical and Methodological Reflections -- References -- Chapter 32: Timing Tourism -- Essential Roles of Planned Events -- Event Tourism -- Theoretical and Methodological Reflections -- References -- Chapter 33: Taking Stock of Sport Tourism Research -- Essence of Sport Tourism -- An Analysis of Five Journals -- Theoretical and Methodological Reflections -- References -- Chapter 34: Medical Tourism -- Generating Contexts -- Receiving Contexts -- The Space in Between.

Theoretical and Methodological Reflections.
Abstract:
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism presents a collection of readings that represent an essential and authoritative reference on the state-of-the-art of the interdisciplinary field of tourism studies. Presents a comprehensive and critical overview of tourism studies across the social sciences Introduces emerging topics and reassesses key themes in tourism studies in the light of recent developments Includes 50 newly commissioned essays by leading experts in the social sciences from around the world Contains cutting-edge perspectives on topics that include tourism's role in globalization, sustainable tourism, and the state's role in tourism development Sets an agenda for future tourism research and includes a wealth of bibliographic references.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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