The Tourism Imaginary and Pilgrimages to the Edges of the World /
The Tourism Imaginary and Pilgrimages to the Edges of the World /
ed. by Nieves Herrero, Sharon R. Roseman.
- 1 online resource (224 p.)
- Tourism and Cultural Change ; 44 .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Galicia's Finisterre and Coast of Death -- 3. At the End of the Road: Refl ections on Finistère, Land's End, France -- 4. Land's End, Cornwall, England -- 5. Pilgrimage to the Edge: Lough Derg and the Moral Geography of Europe and Ireland -- 6. North Cape: In the Land of the Midnight Sun -- 7. Where North America Ends -- 8. Finis Terrae: The End-of-the- World Imaginary in Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This book examines how the growth of tourism in locations that have historically been considered geographically remote plays a major role in the consolidation and transformation of often longstanding and powerful cultural imaginaries about 'the edges of the world'. The contributors examine the attraction of the sublime, remoteness, continental border-points, and the dangers of the sea in Finisterre (or Fisterra) in Galicia (Spain); Finistère in Brittany (France); Land's End, Cornwall (England); Lough Derg (Ireland); Nordkapp or North Cape (Norway); Cape Spear, Newfoundland (Canada); and Tierra del Fuego (Argentina). While those travelling to these locations can be seen to be conducting some form of religious or secular pilgrimage, those who live in them have long contended with the implications of economic and political marginalization within global political economies.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781845415235 9781845415242
10.21832/9781845415242 doi
2015001852
Culture and tourism.
Historical geography.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Anthropology.
Sociology.
Tourism industry.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism.
Borders. Coastal tourism. Continental border-points. Finisterres. Geographically remote locations. Land's ends. Secular pilgrimage. The attraction of the extreme. The sublime. Tourist imaginaries.
G156.5.H47 / T694 2015
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Galicia's Finisterre and Coast of Death -- 3. At the End of the Road: Refl ections on Finistère, Land's End, France -- 4. Land's End, Cornwall, England -- 5. Pilgrimage to the Edge: Lough Derg and the Moral Geography of Europe and Ireland -- 6. North Cape: In the Land of the Midnight Sun -- 7. Where North America Ends -- 8. Finis Terrae: The End-of-the- World Imaginary in Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This book examines how the growth of tourism in locations that have historically been considered geographically remote plays a major role in the consolidation and transformation of often longstanding and powerful cultural imaginaries about 'the edges of the world'. The contributors examine the attraction of the sublime, remoteness, continental border-points, and the dangers of the sea in Finisterre (or Fisterra) in Galicia (Spain); Finistère in Brittany (France); Land's End, Cornwall (England); Lough Derg (Ireland); Nordkapp or North Cape (Norway); Cape Spear, Newfoundland (Canada); and Tierra del Fuego (Argentina). While those travelling to these locations can be seen to be conducting some form of religious or secular pilgrimage, those who live in them have long contended with the implications of economic and political marginalization within global political economies.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781845415235 9781845415242
10.21832/9781845415242 doi
2015001852
Culture and tourism.
Historical geography.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Anthropology.
Sociology.
Tourism industry.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism.
Borders. Coastal tourism. Continental border-points. Finisterres. Geographically remote locations. Land's ends. Secular pilgrimage. The attraction of the extreme. The sublime. Tourist imaginaries.
G156.5.H47 / T694 2015