Raj rhapsodies: tourism, heritage and the seduction of history
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Aldershot, England Ashgate ©2007
Schriftenreihe:New directions in tourism analysis
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Shifting terrains of heritage : the painted towns of Shekhawati / Anne Hardgrove -- Ghost towns and bustling cities : constructing a master narrative in nineteenth-century Jaipur / Elena Karatchkova -- Travel, history, politics, and heritage : James Tod's 'Personal narrative' / Jason Freitag -- Virtual Rajasthan : making heritage, marketing cyberorientalism? / Carol E. Henderson -- Exclusion and election in Udaipur urban space : implications of tourism / Nicolas Bautès -- Names, but not homes, of stone : tourism heritage and the play of memory in a Bhat funeral feast / Jeffrey G. Snodgrass -- Sickly men and voracious women : erotic constructions of tourist identity / Maxine Weisgrau -- From privy purse to global purse : Maharaja Gaj Singhji's role in the marketing of heritage and philanthropy / Jayasinhji Jhala -- Devotees, families, and tourists : pilgrims and shrines in Rajasthan / John E. Cort -- Tourists, pilgrims and saints : the shrine of Mu'in al-Din Chisti of Ajmer / Usha Sanyal -- Hindu nationalism, community rhetoric and the impact of tourism : the 'divine dilemma' of Pushkar / Christina A. Joseph -- Composing the Raj rhapsodies / Carol E. Henderson and Maxine Weisgrau
With heritage a prized commodity in the marketing of tourism destinations, particular aspects of culture and history are often more actively promoted than others. This fascinating book explores the cultural politics of tourism through interdisciplinary perspectives, demonstrating that tourism heritage privileges elite histories that affect non-elites even as they advance their own visions of history
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xlvi, 236 pages)
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