Jennifer Laing, Warwick Frost

Broschiertes Buch

Books and Travel

Inspiration, Quests and Transformation

Beschreibung

The role of books in framing travel imaginings is an important social and cultural phenomenon. This book explores how reading books influences the way in which we understand travel and the tourist experience. It covers a variety of genres of books, from children's books and historical fiction, to westerns, science fiction and crime fiction.

Autor

Jennifer Frost is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management, Sport and Tourism at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Her research interests include travel narratives; the role of events in society; rural and regional regeneration through tourism and events; and health and wellness tourism. Her most recent co-authored research book is Royal Events: Rituals, Innovations, Meanings (Routledge, 2018). Jennifer is a co-editor of the Routledge Advances in Events Research series and was recognised in 2017 as an Emerging Scholar of Distinction by the International Academy for the Study of Tourism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Channel View Publications
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 291g
• ISBN-13: 9781845413477
• ISBN-10: 1845413474
• Artikelnr.: 35578199