Leisure and Tourism Landscapes: Social and Cultural Geographies

Leisure and Tourism Landscapes: Social and Cultural Geographies
ISBN-10
1134688733
ISBN-13
9781134688739
Category
Science
Pages
208
Language
English
Published
2014-05-01
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Cara Aitchison, Nicola E. MacLeod, Nicola E Macleod

Description

Increasingly significant as mediators of spatial identity and meaning, leisure, tourism, culture and heritage are only now beginning to be located within the rapidly evolving discourses of poststructuralist geographies. Exploring the influence of leisure and tourism on the production, representation and consumption of landscape, the first half of this important book focuses on different ways of ‘seeing’ or representing landscape, whereas the second half examines different forms of productive consumption in leisure and tourism. Both symbolic and material spaces of leisure and tourism are also examined in relation to urban and rural landscapes, heritage landscapes, gendered landscapes, and landscapes of sexuality and desire. With a multidisciplinary approach and a strong theoretical content which builds on poststructuralist theories, this is undoubtedly an important addition to literature in the field.

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