Tourists at the Taj
Performance and Meaning at a Symbolic Site
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1998
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-16713-0 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-16713-0 (ISBN)
This book presents for the first time a sociological analysis of the cultural phenomenon, the Taj Mahal. It describes many of the tourist practices around the Taj as well as considering the notion of tourism in a wider context.
Clearly written and fascinatingly illustrated, Tourists at the Taj describes the conflicting narratives which surround the site. For some the Taj is an evocative symbol of the colonial past. For others it is a symbolic centre of Islamic power. For many of the thousands of tourists that visit it each year it is simply a monument of love.
The author shows how tourism can be seen as a performance and the tourist site as a stage on which tourists are directed and rehearsed but also able to improvise their own cultural rituals.
Clearly written and fascinatingly illustrated, Tourists at the Taj describes the conflicting narratives which surround the site. For some the Taj is an evocative symbol of the colonial past. For others it is a symbolic centre of Islamic power. For many of the thousands of tourists that visit it each year it is simply a monument of love.
The author shows how tourism can be seen as a performance and the tourist site as a stage on which tourists are directed and rehearsed but also able to improvise their own cultural rituals.
Tim Edensor is lecturer and researcher in the department of cultural studies at Staffordshire University. He has researched extensively in tourist practices and popular culture.
Introduction 1 Constructing tourist space 2 The regulation of tourist space 3 Narratives of the Taj Mahal 4 Walking, gazing, photographing and remembering at the Taj 5 Enclavic and heterogenous tourist spaces in Agra 6 Tourist plans for Agra and the Taj 7 Conclusion
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.7.1998 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | International Library of Sociology |
| Zusatzinfo | 1 Tables, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 453 g |
| Themenwelt | Reiseführer ► Asien ► Indien |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Wirtschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-415-16713-2 / 0415167132 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-16713-0 / 9780415167130 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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