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Leisure/Tourism Geographies

Practices and Geographical Knowledge
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Leisure and Tourism Geographies considers leisure/tourism as an encounter that exists between people, people and space, people as socialised and embodied subjects, expectations, experience and desire. The contributors explore diverse aspects of leisure and tourism, ranging from the methodologies behind leisure practices to detailed case studies which include Disneyland Paris tourism in sacred landscapes leisure practices in cyberspace leisure and yachting consuming pleasures the use of recreational/holiday cottages National Parks local parks and gardens. Presenting an exciting mix of attitudes and ideas concerning leisure and tourism, this book documents a lively debate, placing geography at its centre. The contributors are: David Crouch, Inger Birkeland, John Urry, John Bale, Cara Aitchinson, Neil Ravenscroft, Deborah Philips, Stacy Warren, Ada Kwiatkowska, Richard Tresidder, Gert Groening, Uwe Schneider, Gill Valentine, Caroline Bassett, Chris Wilbert, Eric Laurier, Daniel R. Williams, Bjorn P.Kaltenborn, Lena Jarlov, Mike Crang, Niels Kayser Nielsen.

Author Biography:

David Crouch is Senior University Research Fellow at the University of Derby and visiting Professor of Geography and Tourism at Karlstadt University, Sweden.
Release date Australia
September 2nd, 1999
Audience
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Contributor
  • Edited by David Crouch
Pages
310
Dimensions
156x234x19
ISBN-13
9780415181099
Product ID
1739060

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