The Sensuous in the Tourist Encounter Introduction: the Power of the Body in Tourist Studies  

Oleh:

Crouch, David ; Desforges, Luke

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Tourist Studies vol. 3 no. 1 (Apr. 2005), page 5–22.
Topik: dwelling encounter identity individuality performance politics Sensuality subjectivity technology the body
Fulltext: 5TS31.pdf (235.17KB)

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In this introduction to the theme issue on Sensuous Tourism, we further Tourist Studies' understanding of the relationships between tourism, the body, subjectivity and space. The article reviews the ways in which the body in tourism has been theorized, including metaphorical mobilizations of performance, the encounter and dwelling. The article then examines three main themes which further develop our understandings of sensuality in tourism. Firstly we examine the politics of the body, space and identity by suggesting a vocabulary based in the ability of individuals to both reproduce and innovate particular practices, representations and relations. Secondly we explore the ways in which tourists are immersed in technological fields which mediate and shape the nature of interactions with people and places. Thirdly we look at the possibility of renewing the relationship between an understanding of tourism which is informed by sensuality but which is also able to deal with contemporary socio-economic and cultural transformations.

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