French Perspectives on Tourism: Act 2.
The social sciences have long been reluctant to take tourism seriously. Despite tourism’s obvious prominence as a social practice in the lives of hundreds of millions, when American sociologist Dean MacCannell wrote The Tourist in 1974, he was ahead of his time. The Tourist became a classic only in...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Association Espaces Temps
2006-04-01
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| Series: | EspacesTemps.net |
| Online Access: | http://www.espacestemps.net/document1958.html |
| Summary: | The social sciences have long been reluctant to take tourism seriously. Despite tourism’s obvious prominence as a social practice in the lives of hundreds of millions, when American sociologist Dean MacCannell wrote The Tourist in 1974, he was ahead of his time. The Tourist became a classic only in the fringe field of “tourism studies,” which has since been churning out literature mostly on the management and environmental impact of tourism development. Even in the heady ... |
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| ISSN: | 1777-5477 |