Tourists at the Taj : Performance and Meaning at a Symbolic Site
by
Tim Edensor
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
International Library of Sociology
ISBN-10
0415167124
ISBN-13
9780415167123
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 9th, 1998
Print length
240 Pages
Weight
576 grams
Product Classification:
Cultural studiesSociology & anthropologyTravel & holiday guides
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This book presents for the first time a sociological analysis of the cultural phenomenon, the Taj Mahal. It describes many of the tourist practices around the Taj as well as considering the notion of tourism in a wider context.
Clearly written and fascinatingly illustrated, Tourists at the Taj describes the conflicting narratives which surround the site. For some the Taj is an evocative symbol of the colonial past. For others it is a symbolic centre of Islamic power. For many of the thousands of tourists that visit it each year it is simply a monument of love.
The author shows how tourism can be seen as a performance and the tourist site as a stage on which tourists are directed and rehearsed but also able to improvise their own cultural rituals.
The author shows how tourism can be seen as a performance and the tourist site as a stage on which tourists are directed and rehearsed but also able to improvise their own cultural rituals.
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