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  The Tourist: A New Theory of the Leisure Class (Paperback) By (author) Dean MacCannell, Foreword by Lucy R. Lippard

  

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  Short Description for The TouristOffers an examination of the phenomenon of tourism through a social theory lens that encompasses discussions of authenticity, high and low culture, and the construction of social reality. This title brings the concerns of social science to an analysis of travel and sightseeing in the postindustrial age.
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  • Publisher: University of California Press
  • Published: 29 March 1999
  • Format: Paperback 277 pages
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  • Categories: Cultural Studies | Social Groups | Sociology | Anthropology | Social & Cultural Anthropology
  • ISBN 13: 9780520218925 ISBN 10: 0520218922
  • Sales rank: 116,981

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• Long regarded as a classic, "The Tourist" is an examination of the phenomenon of tourism through a social theory lens that encompasses discussions of authenticity, high and low culture, and the construction of social reality. It brings the concerns of social science to an analysis of travel and sightseeing in the postindustrial age, during which the middle class acquired leisure time for international travel. This edition includes a new foreword by Lucy R. Lippard and a new afterword by the author.