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Book SynopsisThis book explores the ever-changing interconnections between bodies, subjectivities, space, beach cultures and tourism, engaging with the geographies of the beach: its makings, boundaries and meanings for the West. Drawing on feminist scholarship, Christine Metusela and Gordon Waitt explore the reciprocal relationship between bodies and beaches, focusing on the shifting intersection between age, race, class, sex, gender and national discourses that naturalise particular bodies as belonging on the beach. The authors critically examine how subjectivities of bodies are produced under specific circumstances - the Illawarra beaches from 1830-1940, some 80 kilometres beyond the metropolitan centre of Sydney. Drawing on modernisation and nation building discourses, the paradoxical qualities of the Illawarra are highlighted; imagined as both the New Brighton of Australia and the Sheffield of the South.Trade ReviewTourism and Australian Beach Cultures is an original, sophisticated and revealing history of the 'geographical imaginary' of the Australian beach, which carefully maps the cultural and spatial politics which helped to shape the bodies displayed on it. * Graeme Turner, University of Queensland, Australia *This book is an engaging synthesis of social theories that draws on well-chosen and exciting historical examples from the Illawarra, New South Wales. Explaining the ways in which gendered, sexualised, classed, and racialised bodies and beaches are intimately related, the book is full of ideas and fabulous images, and is at once accessible and challenging. Body politics are shown to be integral to the tourism spaces of beach resorts. Crucially, Christine Metusela and Gordon Waitt's book is a key intervention into the limited critical historical and geographical analyses and practices of beach resorts. It will be of interest to social and cultural geographers, tourism scholars, as well as historians who need to enrich their geographical imaginations. * Lynda Johnston, University of Waikato, New Zealand *The book is an insightful contribution to this area and the authors are to be congratulated on the informed research and analysis this book makes to the study of leisure, tourism and geography. -- Stephen Wearing, University of Technology, Sydney in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, 10:4, 340-341The insights into the sexualization of the beach and attempts to control that process make Tourism and Australian Beach Cultures an enriching and worthwhile read. -- Douglas Booth, University of Otago, New Zealand in Annals of Tourism Research, Vol. 40, pp. 446–448, 2013This book picks up from feminist discourse on bodies and processes of marginalization to enhance tourism studies and cultural geography approaches to the Illawarra between 1830 and 1940. It describes the related contested sexual politics of the time, and how individual bodies became included or excluded from the beach, depending on how they were sexualized, gendered, racialized, and classed. This not only provides a good introduction to the historical development of Australian beach culture. The example of the beach also makes the works of Michel Foucault and Judith Butler and their particular notions of gender trouble, here ‘beach trouble’, and governmentality accessible to a wider readership. The book provides a good introduction for students and other people interested in these topics. -- Carsten Wergin, Martin-Luther-University, Germany in Annals of Leisure Research, 2013, Vol. 16, No. 2, 180-181Table of ContentsIntroduction: Stripping Off Chapter 1. Sex in Private: ‘Bathing in Perfection’ Chapter 2. The Public Bathing Reserve: Disciplining the ‘Insatiable Desire to Pose on the Sands’ Chapter 3. Rail and Car Mobilities: Technologies of Movement and Touring the Sublime Chapter 4. The ‘Brighton of Australia’ becomes the ‘Sheffield of the South’: Knowledge, Power and the Production of an ‘Industrial Heartland’ in an ‘Earthly Paradise’ Chapter 5. ‘Battle for Honours’: Surf Lifesavers, Masculinity, Performativity and Spatiality Chapter 6. Making Bathing ‘Modern’

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the ever-changing interconnections between bodies, subjectivities, space, beach cultures and tourism, engaging with the geographies of the beach: its makings, boundaries and meanings for the West. Drawing on feminist scholarship, Christine Metusela and Gordon Waitt explore the reciprocal relationship between bodies and beaches, focusing on the shifting intersection between age, race, class, sex, gender and national discourses that naturalise particular bodies as belonging on the beach. The authors critically examine how subjectivities of bodies are produced under specific circumstances - the Illawarra beaches from 1830-1940, some 80 kilometres beyond the metropolitan centre of Sydney. Drawing on modernisation and nation building discourses, the paradoxical qualities of the Illawarra are highlighted; imagined as both the New Brighton of Australia and the Sheffield of the South.Trade ReviewTourism and Australian Beach Cultures is an original, sophisticated and revealing history of the 'geographical imaginary' of the Australian beach, which carefully maps the cultural and spatial politics which helped to shape the bodies displayed on it. * Graeme Turner, University of Queensland, Australia *This book is an engaging synthesis of social theories that draws on well-chosen and exciting historical examples from the Illawarra, New South Wales. Explaining the ways in which gendered, sexualised, classed, and racialised bodies and beaches are intimately related, the book is full of ideas and fabulous images, and is at once accessible and challenging. Body politics are shown to be integral to the tourism spaces of beach resorts. Crucially, Christine Metusela and Gordon Waitt's book is a key intervention into the limited critical historical and geographical analyses and practices of beach resorts. It will be of interest to social and cultural geographers, tourism scholars, as well as historians who need to enrich their geographical imaginations. * Lynda Johnston, University of Waikato, New Zealand *The book is an insightful contribution to this area and the authors are to be congratulated on the informed research and analysis this book makes to the study of leisure, tourism and geography. -- Stephen Wearing, University of Technology, Sydney in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, 10:4, 340-341The insights into the sexualization of the beach and attempts to control that process make Tourism and Australian Beach Cultures an enriching and worthwhile read. -- Douglas Booth, University of Otago, New Zealand in Annals of Tourism Research, Vol. 40, pp. 446–448, 2013This book picks up from feminist discourse on bodies and processes of marginalization to enhance tourism studies and cultural geography approaches to the Illawarra between 1830 and 1940. It describes the related contested sexual politics of the time, and how individual bodies became included or excluded from the beach, depending on how they were sexualized, gendered, racialized, and classed. This not only provides a good introduction to the historical development of Australian beach culture. The example of the beach also makes the works of Michel Foucault and Judith Butler and their particular notions of gender trouble, here ‘beach trouble’, and governmentality accessible to a wider readership. The book provides a good introduction for students and other people interested in these topics. -- Carsten Wergin, Martin-Luther-University, Germany in Annals of Leisure Research, 2013, Vol. 16, No. 2, 180-181Table of ContentsIntroduction: Stripping Off Chapter 1. Sex in Private: ‘Bathing in Perfection’ Chapter 2. The Public Bathing Reserve: Disciplining the ‘Insatiable Desire to Pose on the Sands’ Chapter 3. Rail and Car Mobilities: Technologies of Movement and Touring the Sublime Chapter 4. The ‘Brighton of Australia’ becomes the ‘Sheffield of the South’: Knowledge, Power and the Production of an ‘Industrial Heartland’ in an ‘Earthly Paradise’ Chapter 5. ‘Battle for Honours’: Surf Lifesavers, Masculinity, Performativity and Spatiality Chapter 6. Making Bathing ‘Modern’

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Book SynopsisThe books that we read, whether travel-focused or not, may influence the way in which we understand the process or experience of travel. This multidisciplinary work provides a critical analysis of the inspirational and transformational role that books play in travel imaginings. Does reading a book encourage us to think of travel as exotic, adventurous, transformative, dangerous or educative? Do different genres of books influence a reader's view of travel in multifarious ways? These questions are explored through a literary analysis of an eclectic selection of books spanning the period from the eighteenth century to the present day. Genres covered include historical fiction, children's books, westerns, science-fiction and crime fiction.Trade ReviewI have read this book with great pleasure. Laing and Frost make a valuable contribution to a fascinating, fast-growing research domain. Based on a textual analysis of a wide range of literary genres, they show how literature – more than any other medium – stimulates the imagination and creates wanderlust among its readers. I can recommend this work to all scholars interested in the relationship between literature and travel. -- Stijn Reijnders, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The NetherlandsAn enjoyable, broad (though structured) sweep across the spectrum of literary genres, this volume is a welcomed, quirky exploration of 'books and travel'- one that instils in the interested reader the desire to (re)visit many of the classic novels and accounts covered here. And to do so from a more insightful, reflective perspective. -- Brian Wheeller, Visiting Professor, NHTV Breda, The NetherlandsAn interesting gallop through the analogues of literature and tourism, with a chapter on the connections, proposed by theorists, between structural analysis of literary texts and travel narratives, followed by thumbnail synopses of 100+ works of fiction exemplifying them. A useful quick fix for non-readers of fiction, and those less familiar with more canonical works on literary/travel theory. -- Tony Seaton, University of Limerick, IrelandBooks and travel: inspiration, quests, and transformation is an excellent addition to the tourism literature. -- Young-joo Ahn, Clemson University, USAThis book is a welcome addition to the tourism canon because it clearly illustrates how travel is depicted in literature and speculates as to what the implication of those depictions might be. The authors also contribute a new dimension to the ongoing discussion of whether travel is, in fact, a transformative endeavor by illustrating that it is portrayed as such in most works of literature. This notion and their examination of the literature thus leave us to ponder whether literature actually raises a tourist’s expectations past the point of reality, therefore remaining perpetually unsatisfied. Thus, I recommend this book for anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of how travel expectations or tourist motivations are formed, how sense of place is constructed, the relationship between travel and the imagination, or how travel in general or heritage tourism in particular is influenced by both books and literature. -- Alana N. Seaman, Clemson University, USA * Tourism Analysis, Vol. 19, pp. 257–260 *I am fond of this book being used by researchers in the field of tourism for three primary reasons: the literature review is well done and exemplifies the most outstanding research in the field, the text is accessible for Master's students and those who are new to the field of tourism as well as new to this line of inquiry (narratives stemming from film and books in pop culture), and the book serves as more than a re-hashing of others' ideas and offers new insights within the field. -- Justin M. Taillon, University of Guelph, Canada * Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change *Table of ContentsChapter 1 - Introduction: Extraordinary Journeys Chapter 2 - The Gift Shop at 221B Baker Street Chapter 3 - A Misspent Youth (Children’s Fiction and Travel) Chapter 4 - Murder They Wrote Chapter 5 - The Past is a Foreign Country Chapter 6 - No Country for Old Men Chapter 7 - Once Upon a Time in the West Chapter 8 - The Explorer’s Quest Chapter 9 - Re-enacting the Past Chapter 10 - Fantastic Journeys Chapter 11 - Transformations Chapter 12 - They All Lived Happily Ever After Chapter 13 - Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe books that we read, whether travel-focused or not, may influence the way in which we understand the process or experience of travel. This multidisciplinary work provides a critical analysis of the inspirational and transformational role that books play in travel imaginings. Does reading a book encourage us to think of travel as exotic, adventurous, transformative, dangerous or educative? Do different genres of books influence a reader's view of travel in multifarious ways? These questions are explored through a literary analysis of an eclectic selection of books spanning the period from the eighteenth century to the present day. Genres covered include historical fiction, children's books, westerns, science-fiction and crime fiction.Trade ReviewI have read this book with great pleasure. Laing and Frost make a valuable contribution to a fascinating, fast-growing research domain. Based on a textual analysis of a wide range of literary genres, they show how literature – more than any other medium – stimulates the imagination and creates wanderlust among its readers. I can recommend this work to all scholars interested in the relationship between literature and travel. -- Stijn Reijnders, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The NetherlandsAn enjoyable, broad (though structured) sweep across the spectrum of literary genres, this volume is a welcomed, quirky exploration of 'books and travel'- one that instils in the interested reader the desire to (re)visit many of the classic novels and accounts covered here. And to do so from a more insightful, reflective perspective. -- Brian Wheeller, Visiting Professor, NHTV Breda, The NetherlandsAn interesting gallop through the analogues of literature and tourism, with a chapter on the connections, proposed by theorists, between structural analysis of literary texts and travel narratives, followed by thumbnail synopses of 100+ works of fiction exemplifying them. A useful quick fix for non-readers of fiction, and those less familiar with more canonical works on literary/travel theory. -- Tony Seaton, University of Limerick, IrelandBooks and travel: inspiration, quests, and transformation is an excellent addition to the tourism literature. -- Young-joo Ahn, Clemson University, USAThis book is a welcome addition to the tourism canon because it clearly illustrates how travel is depicted in literature and speculates as to what the implication of those depictions might be. The authors also contribute a new dimension to the ongoing discussion of whether travel is, in fact, a transformative endeavor by illustrating that it is portrayed as such in most works of literature. This notion and their examination of the literature thus leave us to ponder whether literature actually raises a tourist’s expectations past the point of reality, therefore remaining perpetually unsatisfied. Thus, I recommend this book for anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of how travel expectations or tourist motivations are formed, how sense of place is constructed, the relationship between travel and the imagination, or how travel in general or heritage tourism in particular is influenced by both books and literature. -- Alana N. Seaman, Clemson University, USA * Tourism Analysis, Vol. 19, pp. 257–260 *I am fond of this book being used by researchers in the field of tourism for three primary reasons: the literature review is well done and exemplifies the most outstanding research in the field, the text is accessible for Master's students and those who are new to the field of tourism as well as new to this line of inquiry (narratives stemming from film and books in pop culture), and the book serves as more than a re-hashing of others' ideas and offers new insights within the field. -- Justin M. Taillon, University of Guelph, Canada * Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change *Table of ContentsChapter 1 - Introduction: Extraordinary Journeys Chapter 2 - The Gift Shop at 221B Baker Street Chapter 3 - A Misspent Youth (Children’s Fiction and Travel) Chapter 4 - Murder They Wrote Chapter 5 - The Past is a Foreign Country Chapter 6 - No Country for Old Men Chapter 7 - Once Upon a Time in the West Chapter 8 - The Explorer’s Quest Chapter 9 - Re-enacting the Past Chapter 10 - Fantastic Journeys Chapter 11 - Transformations Chapter 12 - They All Lived Happily Ever After Chapter 13 - Conclusion

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Book SynopsisSugar as a global commodity has shaped our world, impacting cultures and influencing cuisine. The heritage of sugar is investigated in the context of globalization and tourism development. Facets of the sugar story include colonization, enslavement, decolonization and postcolonial tourism while cultural practices traced to sugar include carnival and confectionery as souvenirs. However, what happens where sugar is still produced, where production is in decline, or where the country has exited from producing? How is sugar engrained in national identities and how does this influence tourism? From the perspectives of contributing authors, destination examples include Brazil, India, Taiwan, New Zealand, Australia, Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Republic, St. Lucia, and St. Kitts. This is the first work examining sugar heritage in relation to tourism from a global perspective, identifying related tourism directions.Trade ReviewThis fascinating book delves into another element of heritage that has not been adequately examined by tourism scholars. Its coverage of sugar and all that sugar production entails as forms of heritage is extraordinary and commendable. The work is a valuable contribution to the burgeoning scholarly theme of 'heritage of the ordinary', and its chapters are loaded with decisive discourses on globalization, slavery, colonialism, social inequities, collective amnesia, place identity, and contested heritages, to name but a few conceptual pearls. Its worldwide perspectives and strong conceptual grounding make Sugar Heritage and Tourism in Transition essential reading for heritage and tourism scholars everywhere. * Professor Dallen J. Timothy, Arizona State University, USA *In thematically-linked and interdisciplinary essays, Sugar Heritage and Tourism in Transition offers a comprehensive, thoughtful and sensitive overview of the challenges confronting former sugarcane producers as they convert to tourism-based economies and strive to attract tourists by focusing on their nations' sugar heritage, including slavery and indentureship, without compromising its authenticity. * Elizabeth Abbott, Trinity College, University of Toronto, Canada *The book’s eleven substantial chapters are uniformly well-written and well-researched, with substantial bibliographies and numerous useful tables and figures. -- Paul F. Wilkinson, York University, Canada in Island Studies Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2013, pp. 179-206[This book] will be welcomed by readers of all profiles whose eyes it will open to one of the latest tourism trends, and who will enjoy its clear and direct style of writing and many clearly illustrated points. -- Nikola D. Vuksanovic´, University of Novi Sad, Serbia in Annals of Tourism Research 42 (2013) 443–453This book makes informative reading for all those interested in culinary, industrial, and heritage tourism and how all things are connected. It is this ‘connective’ aspect that sets it apart from many of the edited books that are marketed each year. It provides the reader with opportunities to see tourism from new and novel perspectives. Well worth a read. -- Keith Dewar, University of New Brunswick – Saint John, Canada in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, 2013Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Contributors Part 1: Introduction 1 Connecting Sugar Heritage and Tourism - Lee Jolliffe Part 2: Perspectives from Sugar Producing Countries 2 Tourism Potential at the Origins of Sugar Production - Linda Joyce Forristal 3 Sugar-Related Tourism In Australia: An Historical Perspective - Peter D. Griggs 4 Brazil’s Sugar Heritage and Tourism – From Engenhos to Cachaça - Angela Cabral Flecha and Linda Joyce Forristal Part 3: Perspectives from Countries Transitioning from Sugar to Tourism 5 The Industrial Heritage of Sugar at World Heritage Sites in the Caribbean - Tara A. Inniss and Lee Jolliffe 6 Incorporating Sugar Heritage Resources into Tourism in St. Kitts - Rachel Dodds and Lee Jolliffe 7 The Contested Heritage of Sugar and Slavery at Tourism Attractions in Barbados and St. Lucia - Mechelle N. Best and Winston Phulgence 8 Transforming Taiwan’s Sugar Refineries for Leisure and Tourism - Abby Liu Part 4: Consuming Sugar and its Heritage 9 Sugar in Tourism: ‘Wrapped in Devonshire sunshine’ - Paul Cleave 10 Sugar Cane and the Sugar Train: Linking Tradition, Trade and Tourism in Tropical North Queensland - Leanne White 11 From Sugar as Industry to Sugar as Heritage: Changing Perceptions of the Chelsea Sugar Works - Jane Legget 12 Exhibiting and Interpreting Sugar Heritage in the World’s Museums - Lee Jolliffe Part 5: Conclusion 13 Directions in Sugar Heritage Tourism - Lee Jolliffe

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Book SynopsisSouvenirs are part of global and local travel and tourism in all corners of the world. This book portrays souvenirs as expressions of culture and as triggers of cultural change. The volume provides critique and theorisation of souvenirs of places, people and experiences in the context of lives lived at the margins of society, politics, tourism flows and urbanisation. Case studies in sustainable tourism illustrate dynamic ways that consumers and suppliers use souvenirs to respond to, resist and (re)interpret global and local influences upon cultures across informal, hybrid and formal economies.Trade ReviewThis book is a 'must read' for scholars of sustainability, tourism development and cultural preservation. Innovative grounding in global-local theory is expanded by chapters that traverse individual motive (expectations, goals and values), tourist behavior, souveniring practice, cultural production, authenticity, green development; amongst others. Tourism and Souvenirs constructs original thinking about the influence of souvenirs in tourist motivation, destination image and the attributes that make up the desired tourism experience. Jenny Cave, Lee Jolliffe and Tom Baum have brought together state-of-the-art researchers whose conceptual insights are located in societal and geographic peripheries, but are nonetheless central to theory and practice of the tourism experience. * John C. Crotts, College of Charleston, USA * This book turns the ubiquitous souvenir into a complicated object of memory, emotion, place, livelihoods, ethics and identities. Tourism and Souvenirs is a timely and important collection that captures key developments and debates in tourism studies. It is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the multifaceted relationship between souvenirs and tourism. * Lynda Johnston, University of Waikato, New Zealand * Tourism and Souvenirs contributes to the theory and application of souvenirs by combining advanced conceptual thinking with instructive case studies from diverse settings. The authors are established contributors to the tourism and souvenirs literature. By grouping the various chapters into three parts the book editors have produced a coherent volume for scholars and practitioners. * Brian King, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong * Tourism and travel is regularly described as a consumption process, an ever progressing relationship between commodities (souvenirs, postcards, etc.) and people's experiences in places and the book Tourism and Souvenirs is certainly an important contribution to this field. The volume provides a grounded framework for the theorisation of souvenirs, makes an important effort to expand the notion of the souvenir and extends the analysis of meanings attached to material objects in the travel experience. -- Tamas Regi, Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, 12(1), 2014 The work is easy to read and it provides pertinent examples. It touches on important concepts such as identity, including ethnic and place identities, commodification, authenticity, stereotyping, green products, the meanings of souvenirs to people and their importance to places, and the like. -- Geoffrey Wall, University of Waterloo, Canada in Anatolia – An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research, 2014Table of ContentsChapter 1 Theorising Tourism and Souvenirs: Glocal Perspectives - Jenny Cave, Tom Baum and Lee Jolliffe Chapter 2 With The Passing Of Time: The Changing Meaning of Souvenirs - Noga Collins-Kreiner and Yael Zins Chapter 3 Souvenirs and Self-Identity - Hugh Wilkins Chapter 4 Souveniring Occupational Artefacts: The Chef’s Uniform - Richard Robinson Chapter 5 Souvenirs of the American Southwest: Objective or Constructive Authenticity? - Kristen Swanson Chapter 6 ‘Souvenirs’ at the Margin? Place, Commodities, Transformations and the Symbolic in Buddha Sculptures from Luang Prabang, Laos - Russell Staiff and Robyn Bushell Chapter 7 Souvenirs as Transactions in Place and Identity: Perspectives from Aotearoa New Zealand - Jenny Cave and Dorina Buda Chapter 8 Green Tourism Souvenirs in Rural Japan: Challenges and Opportunities - Atsuko Hashimoto and David J. Telfer Chapter 9 Understanding Tourist Shopping Village Experiences on the Margins - Laurie Murphy, Gianna Moscardo and Pierre Benckendorff Chapter 10 Souvenir Development in Peripheral Areas: Local Constraints in a Global Market - R. Geoffrey Lacher and Susan L. Slocum Chapter 11 Souvenir Production and Attraction: Vietnam’s Traditional Handicraft Villages - Huong T. Bui and Lee Jolliffe Chapter 12 World Heritage-Themed Souvenirs for Asian Tourists in Macau - Hilary du Cros Chapter 13 Lessons in Tourism and Souvenirs on the Margins: Glocal Perspectives - Lee Jolliffe, Jenny Cave and Tom Baum

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Book SynopsisThis is the first book of its kind to examine railway heritage in the context of tourism in a comprehensive, internationally relevant manner. It explores the challenges faced by developers and operators of railway heritage destinations including financial, legal and managerial sustainability in the modern tourism industry. These themes are exemplified by a variety of case studies of railway heritage in tourism from regions around the world including North, Central and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Australasia. The volume will be of particular interest to scholars of cultural tourism as well as researchers and practitioners of industrial heritage tourism, along with graduate and senior undergraduate students.Trade ReviewRailway Heritage and Tourism provides a great resource for understanding the importance of railway heritage and its importance to tourism development in certain regions of the world. The book gives a great tribute to this great and sometimes forgotten mode of transport. The observations and analysis presented in this book will give readers a broad view and understanding of the importance of railway heritage to tourism. -- Claudia Ribeiro de Almeida School of Management, Hotel Management and Tourism, University of Algarve, Algarve, Portugal * Anatolia, 26:3, 489-490 *To many people, railway travel encapsulates a romantic era of tourism, spanning little more than a century before being pushed sideways by the automobile and jet aircraft. This wonderful book belies this perception!! Rail travel as heritage is alive and well in contemporary tourism and these fascinating accounts illustrate the durability of this bewitching form of transport. * Tom Baum, University of Strathclyde, UK *The editors have brought together a fascinating collection of cases from around the world that provide both practical and theoretical perspectives on the history, growth, challenges of heritage railways, offering insights into the sector's sustainability. For many of us railfans, myself included, this book also speaks personally to the importance of heritage railways as a vehicle for self-actualization and the expansion of one's individual world, both real and imaginary. * John S. Hull, Thompson Rivers University, Canada *Table of ContentsSection 1: Introduction 1. Michael Conlin and Geoffrey Bird: Railway Heritage and Tourism: Themes, Issues and Trends Section 2: Issues, Themes, and Trends 2. Bradford Hudson: Railway Hotels: From Infrastructure to Destination 3. Kyle Stefanovic and Rhonda Koster: Railfans and Railway Heritage Tourism 4. Warwick Frost and Jennifer Laing: The Magic of Trains and Travel in Children’s Stories 5. Kim Lemky, Lee Jolliffe and Michael Conlin: Railway Heritage for the Cruise Market 6. Josephine Pryce: Safety on the Line: Balancing Authentic Experiences against Risks and Hazards 7. Arianne Reis and Carla Jellum: New Zealand Rail Trails: Heritage Tourism Attractions and Rural Communities 8. James Porterfield: The Dining Car’s Contribution to Railroad Heritage Tourism 9. Ian Chaplin: Revitalizing Community Values through Railway Regeneration in the Asia Pacific Region: A Tourism Research and Education Approach Section 3: National and Regional Railway Heritage Tourism 10. Carla Conceicao Lana Fraga, Marcio Peixoto de Sequeira Santos and Sergio de Castro Ribeiro: Railroad Tourism in Brazil 11. Blanca Camargo, Marel Morales, C Gabriela Garza, and Gloria Sens: Railway Tourism: An Opportunity to Diversify Tourism in Mexico 12. Fredrick Collison: The Grand Canyon Railway 13. Joan Henderson: Railways as Heritage Attractions: The Malaysia-Singapore Line 14. Philipp Boksberger and Martin Sturzenegger: The Rhaetian Railway in the Albula/Bernina Landscapes: A Masterpiece of Railway Engineering 15. Leanne White: Regional Railway Revival: Connecting Heritage and Tourism in the Spa Centre of Australia 16. Libo Yan and Xingcheng Zhuang: The Future of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway: A Political Economic Perspective 17. William Found: The St. Kitts Scenic Railway: A Journey Into an Island’s Heritage 18. Michael Conlin and Bruce Prideaux: The Future of Railway Heritage Tourism? The West Coast Wilderness Railway, Tasmania Section 4: Conclusion 19. Geoffrey Bird and Michael Conlin: No Terminus in Sight: New Horizons for Heritage Railways

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the role of tourism as a means to express 'nation' and 'nationhood'. Based on field research in southwest and central Scotland it shows how various historical accounts, cultural icons and images, events and celebrations create a meaning of the Scottish nation. It examines the narratives, either explicit or implicit, produced at heritage-related tourism sites and how these become interwoven with the ideology of a nation. This volume will be of use to researchers and students in tourism and heritage studies, Scottish studies, culture and identity, nationalism and national identity; as well as to tourism and heritage industry professionals and policy-makers.Trade ReviewThis objective view of the power of Scotland’s tourism image to create and propel a dynamic political identity is refreshing and very rewarding. -- Valere Tjolle, Travel Mole * Hospitality & Society, Volume 7, Number 1 *This excellent book places us right at the heart of how Scottish culture and national identity is represented through heritage tourism. It clearly shows how a country can be 'made' through tourism as it carefully selects the bits of history that reinforce both commerce and stereotypes. An essential read for anyone interested in how politics, history, place-making and heritage all get muddied in the touristic mix. * Peter Burns, University of Bedfordshire, UK *Kalyan Bhandari has carefully analysed an impressive set of sources, from icons & attractions to events & celebrations, to produce a scholarly and comprehensive volume examining the contribution of tourism to Scotland's identity and nationhood. This book is a major contribution to the literature on tourism and identity. * Chris Cooper, Oxford Brookes University, UK *This book offers new perspectives on a well-known topic. Writing at a key point in the national narrative, during a period of political change, Bhandari offers a fresh and insightful approach. A new Scot, who moved to Dumfries from Nepal, he combines commentary on under-researched areas of Scotland, such as the South West, with remarks on established branding. He offers new answers to an old question: how does, and why should, tourism express nationalism? * Valentina Bold, University of Glasgow, UK *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Tourism and Nationalism in Scotland 3. Scottish Identity in Tourism 4. ‘Narrating’ the Scottish Nation in Tour Buses 5. Robert the Bruce and the Regional Heritage of the Southwest 6. The Scottish Nation in the Cultural Heritage of Robert Burns 7. Genealogical Tourists and Homeland Nationalism 8. Conclusions References

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the role of tourism as a means to express 'nation' and 'nationhood'. Based on field research in southwest and central Scotland it shows how various historical accounts, cultural icons and images, events and celebrations create a meaning of the Scottish nation. It examines the narratives, either explicit or implicit, produced at heritage-related tourism sites and how these become interwoven with the ideology of a nation. This volume will be of use to researchers and students in tourism and heritage studies, Scottish studies, culture and identity, nationalism and national identity; as well as to tourism and heritage industry professionals and policy-makers.Trade ReviewThis objective view of the power of Scotland’s tourism image to create and propel a dynamic political identity is refreshing and very rewarding. -- Valere Tjolle, Travel Mole * Hospitality & Society, Volume 7, Number 1 *This excellent book places us right at the heart of how Scottish culture and national identity is represented through heritage tourism. It clearly shows how a country can be 'made' through tourism as it carefully selects the bits of history that reinforce both commerce and stereotypes. An essential read for anyone interested in how politics, history, place-making and heritage all get muddied in the touristic mix. * Peter Burns, University of Bedfordshire, UK *Kalyan Bhandari has carefully analysed an impressive set of sources, from icons & attractions to events & celebrations, to produce a scholarly and comprehensive volume examining the contribution of tourism to Scotland's identity and nationhood. This book is a major contribution to the literature on tourism and identity. * Chris Cooper, Oxford Brookes University, UK *This book offers new perspectives on a well-known topic. Writing at a key point in the national narrative, during a period of political change, Bhandari offers a fresh and insightful approach. A new Scot, who moved to Dumfries from Nepal, he combines commentary on under-researched areas of Scotland, such as the South West, with remarks on established branding. He offers new answers to an old question: how does, and why should, tourism express nationalism? * Valentina Bold, University of Glasgow, UK *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Tourism and Nationalism in Scotland 3. Scottish Identity in Tourism 4. ‘Narrating’ the Scottish Nation in Tour Buses 5. Robert the Bruce and the Regional Heritage of the Southwest 6. The Scottish Nation in the Cultural Heritage of Robert Burns 7. Genealogical Tourists and Homeland Nationalism 8. Conclusions References

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the nexus between exploring and tourism and argues that exploration travel – based heavily on explorer narratives and the promises of personal challenges and change – is a major trend in future tourism. In particular, it analyses how romanticised myths of explorers form a foundation for how modern day tourists view travel and themselves. Its scope ranges from the 'Golden Age' of imperial explorers in the 19th and early 20th centuries, through the growth of adventure and extreme tourism, to possible future trends including space travel. The volume should appeal to researchers and students across a variety of disciplines, including tourism studies, sociology, geography and history.Trade ReviewEngaging, well-written and concise, this book provides a context for the tourist-traveller debate – a microcosm of social and cultural complexity where the quotidian meets the extraordinary and the economy of colonisation meets the egos of the great explorers. It is this legacy that explains our ongoing fascination with frontier adventure travel from exotic journeys through 'otherness' to space travel. -- Paul Beedie, University of Bedfordshire, UKIn this topical volume, Jennifer Laing and Warwick Frost venture into uncharted conceptual territory to portray the socio-cultural context of explorer travel. In a comprehensive and critical review of archetypal, fictive and autobiographic narratives of the frontier traveler – including seldom depicted female adventurers – they vividly demonstrate how mediatized adventure pursuits affect a wide range of contemporary tourism experiences, also encompassing food explorers and space tourists. A long anticipated cross-disciplinary reconceptualization of the transformative journey! -- Szilvia Gyimóthy, Aalborg University, DenmarkThis book is absolutely stunning. No dull moments while reading it. Its easy writing style, enlightening and amusing citations from interviews and published texts, and the authors' own reflections tease your inner explorer and adventurer. Look out – your view on travelling will change while reading this meaningful text, and most likely you'll start planning your own expedition. -- Reidar Johan Mykletun, University of Stavanger, NorwayThe purpose of this review is to give the potential reader a brief sense of the range of issues and of travellers discussed so brilliantly in this book. It would make a fine addition to the academic literature in any tourism library, personal or institutional. And it is, quite simply, a good read. -- Paul F. Wilkinson, York University, Canada * Tourism Management 48 (2015) 318 *Table of Contents1. Introducing the Explorer Traveller Section 1 – The Hero’s Journey 2. The Call to Adventure 3. Preparation and Departure 4. The Journey 5. The Return Section 2 – Imagining Explorers 6. Fiction and the Myth of the Explorer 7. Desert Island Castaways 8. Re-enactments Section 3 – Tourists At Play 9. Crossing Borders 10. On Safari Section 4 – The Future 11. Destination Mars 12. The Explorer Traveller: The Myth Continues Sources References

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Book SynopsisThis book looks at the relationship between questions of identity formation and modern practices in travelling and tourism. Unprecedented levels of mobility and international exchange over the last 100 years have raised questions about the stability of national and personal identities and new and creative patterns of behaviour and self-realisation are now emerging due to the enormous commercial interests that lie behind the modern travel and tourism industries. The volume will consider these issues and the challenges they create in various geographical contexts (Germany, Spain, Romania, Italy, Africa) and concludes with a number of case studies from the Portuguese context, where the revenues from tourism are integral to its economy and a lifeline in the current economic crisis.Trade ReviewThis book provides an exciting discussion of travel and tourism, and drives the reader into matters of great academic and practical interest. Even if the discussion is mostly centered on travel and tourism, the debate launches bridges for tourism planning and management, and is a source of inspiration for the creation of new businesses. -- Carlos Costa, University of Aveiro, PortugalThe intersection of tourism, culture, place and identity are cleverly explored in this edited collection. The authors provide a fresh perspective on a variety of issues from dark tourism to travel writing. Conceptually diverse with rich insights, researchers interested in exploring identity and tourism will find this thoughtful volume well worth reading. -- Leanne White, Victoria University, AustraliaThe editor, Anthony David Barker, brings his expertise in film narrative, history of cinema, British and American drama, and English literature since the 18th century to produce an enlightening, well-crafted, and invigorating book in collaboration with 16 other contributors. (...) This book delivers a unique flavor of significance in nourishing tourism and destination development research through integrating multidisciplinary insights. The flawless marriage between cultural texts and tourism phenomenon showcases how cultures and personal identities can be exchanged via innovative patterns of travel behaviors that are bolstered by commercial drivers embedded in modern tourism industries. -- Lu Lu, Washington State University, USA * Tourism Analysis, Vol. 21, pp. 683–687 *Table of ContentsIntroduction Section One: Exchanging Places 1. Noémia Bárbara: The Business of Creative Tourism and Creativity in the Tourism Business 2. Marzena Kubisz: Negotiating Mobility: On the Slow Move 3. Petra M Bagley: Mein Mallorca: A German-Spanish Love Affair 4. Anthony Barker: Commercial Cinema, Location Shooting and ‘the Tourism Effect’ 5. Silvio Lima Figueiredo: Nature, Culture and the Genesis of the Concept of Travel Section Two: Narratives of Travel and Identity 6. María del Pino Santana Quintana: The Appeal of Otherness: Reconstructions of Self in Contemporary Travel Writing 7. Marius Crișan: Representations of Maramureş in Contemporary Female Travel Writing: Dervla Murphy, Caroline Juler and Bronwen Riley 8. Fernanda Luísa da Silva Feneja: Tourist Experience in Narrative Fiction: E. M. Forster’s A Room with a View 9. Anthony Barker: Deaths in Venice: Dying for a Holiday 10. Monika Kowalczyk-Piaseczna: Peregrinating Objects: Consumptive Capacities of the Traveler’s Personal Items in Robert Byron’s Road to Oxiana and Jason Elliot’s Unexpected Light 11. Ana Luísa Pires: Travelling in/to Africa: Narratives of Postcolonial Encounters Section Three: The Case of Portugal 12. Jenny Campos, Maria Manuel Baptista & Larissa Latif: Mythical Moors and Constructing a Cultural Tourist Itinerary around Valpaços 13. Joana Ferraz Ribeiro & Gillian Moreira: (O)Porto: A Wine, a Place, a Route and a Meeting Point 14. Danuta Gabryś-Barker: Cultural Interfaces and Perceptions of Space: A Polish–Portuguese Comparative Study 15. Susan Howcroft: Eating Portugal: Translating Food

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Book SynopsisThis book looks at the relationship between questions of identity formation and modern practices in travelling and tourism. Unprecedented levels of mobility and international exchange over the last 100 years have raised questions about the stability of national and personal identities and new and creative patterns of behaviour and self-realisation are now emerging due to the enormous commercial interests that lie behind the modern travel and tourism industries. The volume will consider these issues and the challenges they create in various geographical contexts (Germany, Spain, Romania, Italy, Africa) and concludes with a number of case studies from the Portuguese context, where the revenues from tourism are integral to its economy and a lifeline in the current economic crisis.Trade ReviewThis book provides an exciting discussion of travel and tourism, and drives the reader into matters of great academic and practical interest. Even if the discussion is mostly centered on travel and tourism, the debate launches bridges for tourism planning and management, and is a source of inspiration for the creation of new businesses. -- Carlos Costa, University of Aveiro, PortugalThe intersection of tourism, culture, place and identity are cleverly explored in this edited collection. The authors provide a fresh perspective on a variety of issues from dark tourism to travel writing. Conceptually diverse with rich insights, researchers interested in exploring identity and tourism will find this thoughtful volume well worth reading. -- Leanne White, Victoria University, AustraliaThe editor, Anthony David Barker, brings his expertise in film narrative, history of cinema, British and American drama, and English literature since the 18th century to produce an enlightening, well-crafted, and invigorating book in collaboration with 16 other contributors. (...) This book delivers a unique flavor of significance in nourishing tourism and destination development research through integrating multidisciplinary insights. The flawless marriage between cultural texts and tourism phenomenon showcases how cultures and personal identities can be exchanged via innovative patterns of travel behaviors that are bolstered by commercial drivers embedded in modern tourism industries. -- Lu Lu, Washington State University, USA * Tourism Analysis, Vol. 21, pp. 683–687 *Table of ContentsIntroduction Section One: Exchanging Places 1. Noémia Bárbara: The Business of Creative Tourism and Creativity in the Tourism Business 2. Marzena Kubisz: Negotiating Mobility: On the Slow Move 3. Petra M Bagley: Mein Mallorca: A German-Spanish Love Affair 4. Anthony Barker: Commercial Cinema, Location Shooting and ‘the Tourism Effect’ 5. Silvio Lima Figueiredo: Nature, Culture and the Genesis of the Concept of Travel Section Two: Narratives of Travel and Identity 6. María del Pino Santana Quintana: The Appeal of Otherness: Reconstructions of Self in Contemporary Travel Writing 7. Marius Crișan: Representations of Maramureş in Contemporary Female Travel Writing: Dervla Murphy, Caroline Juler and Bronwen Riley 8. Fernanda Luísa da Silva Feneja: Tourist Experience in Narrative Fiction: E. M. Forster’s A Room with a View 9. Anthony Barker: Deaths in Venice: Dying for a Holiday 10. Monika Kowalczyk-Piaseczna: Peregrinating Objects: Consumptive Capacities of the Traveler’s Personal Items in Robert Byron’s Road to Oxiana and Jason Elliot’s Unexpected Light 11. Ana Luísa Pires: Travelling in/to Africa: Narratives of Postcolonial Encounters Section Three: The Case of Portugal 12. Jenny Campos, Maria Manuel Baptista & Larissa Latif: Mythical Moors and Constructing a Cultural Tourist Itinerary around Valpaços 13. Joana Ferraz Ribeiro & Gillian Moreira: (O)Porto: A Wine, a Place, a Route and a Meeting Point 14. Danuta Gabryś-Barker: Cultural Interfaces and Perceptions of Space: A Polish–Portuguese Comparative Study 15. Susan Howcroft: Eating Portugal: Translating Food

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the complex interplay between industrial heritage and tourism. It serves to stimulate meaningful dialogue about the socioeconomic values of industrial sites and the use of tourism for the growth of the creative economy, and to better understand how the collective social memory and local identity connected to these sites have been shaped by different social groups over time. The volume presents a conceptual framework underpinned by case studies drawn from Asia, North America, Australasia and Europe and advocates the creation of mixed-use spaces and stakeholder collaboration to develop tourism at industrial heritage sites. These theoretical and practical perspectives will be of use to researchers and students of heritage tourism, urban and regional planning and tourism marketing.Trade ReviewThis book provides a bold and timely analysis of the current state and prospects of industrial heritage tourism, highlighting successes and failures alike, with a particular focus on its heritage/economy/urban regeneration nexus. The reasoning is based on an impressive body of international references and fieldwork while embedding the theme in post-modern discourses and stressing the need for spatio-temporal contextualisation. -- Dietrich Soyez, University of Cologne, GermanyThis book provides a framework and exemplary case studies that provide a synthesis and also provoke new ideas for the understanding and conceptualisation for those researching temporal changes and industrial landscapes. This is a great introduction to industrial heritage for students of cultural, heritage and tourism studies. -- Kevin Hannam, Leeds Beckett University, UKA highly original, engaging and thought-provoking text that is thorough in its coverage and insightful in its critical appreciation of industrial heritage tourism. The ability to fuse academic rigor with flowing narrative is never easy but the author is to be congratulated on a theoretical text that delivers a new 'tourist gaze' directed at industrial heritage with nostalgia, place identity and community engagement common themes running throughout. -- Alan Fyall, University of Central Florida, USAIndustrial Heritage Tourism provides a succinct and meticulous model and method for rethinking historical mechanization processes, modern-day industrial operations, and their tangible vestiges as consumable heritage products. This seminal book is essential reading for all students and scholars who are interested in heritage conservation, industrialization processes, urban renewal, and heritage as a consumable commodity. I applaud Philip Xie for delivering an erudite and informative monograph and introducing a useful framework for understanding industrial heritage, which will no doubt have significant implications for the academy as this subfield of inquiry continues to flourish. -- Dallen J. Timothy, Arizona State University, USA * Tourism Management 55 (2016) 197 *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Approaches to Industrial Heritage Tourism 2. A Framework for Approaching Industrial Heritage Tourism 3. The Proposal for the Jeep Museum in Toledo, USA 4. Perceptions of Attractiveness for Salt Heritage Tourism 5. Waterfront Redevelopment and Urban Morphology 6. La Fabrique des Lieux: the LX Factory and the Westergasfabriek Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisTourist attractions constitute the metaphorical 'heart' of tourism. This book aims to both deconstruct and construct what tourist attractions are, how we perceive them and how we can enhance our understanding of what attracts us as tourists. The volume reaches beyond current ideas about the ways tourist attractions are created, shaped and packaged. It focuses on the importance and subjective nature of identity, memory, narrative and performance in the tourist experience to find new ways of analysing and managing tourist attractions. The book will appeal to researchers and students in tourism and destination management and heritage and indigenous tourism.Trade ReviewThis book is a milestone for tourism research. It makes post-modern thought accessible for both mature students and managers and meticulously applies theory to practice through worked examples. Both Husserl’s phenomenology and Rojek’s constructivism come alive and challenge the practitioner to identify how destination and tourist co-create the attraction. -- Juergen Gnoth, University of Otago, New ZealandThis clearly detailed book makes an immensely valuable contribution by providing two distinct but complementary perspectives that are rarely encountered together: comprehensive knowledge of the ways in which attractions are defined, managed and studied, followed by critical analysis that helps to identify the socially symbolic meanings and political agenda that surround them. Both are jointly essential for responsible development and management of tourism attractions. -- Tazim Jamal, Texas A&M University, USAA fascinating and, at times, provocative combination of personal and theoretical insights into tourist attractions and their place within broader cultural contexts. An examination of tourist attractions from an alternative perspective, thus making this a relevant read for those studying, managing and experiencing tourist attractions in all their variety of form. -- Anna Leask, Edinburgh Napier University, UKThe book was an enjoyable read, which provided very deep insights into how tourists and managers use, perceive and understand attractions. -- Brian Hay, Heriot-Watt University, UK * Journal of Tourism Futures, 2018 *This innovative text provides a fresh perspective on attractions and provides the reader with a unique toolkit to explore tourist attractions through the use of narrative analysis. -- Ellis Urquhart, Edinburgh Napier University, UK * Tourism Analysis, Vol. 22 *This book is an invaluable resource for anyone involved in Tourism Studies, including tourist attractions, destinations, marketing, interpretation, text writing and research methods. Practitioners, academics and students will benefit from this book immensely as it offers a rich resource at a methodological as well as at a practical ad applied level. It is a delight to read, and causes many pauses for reflection. -- Claire Béréziat, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK * Tourism Management 60 (2017) *Table of ContentsPrologue Chapter 1 - Defining TAs Chapter 2 - Managing TAs Chapter 3 - Maintaining TAs Chapter 4 - Reading TAs Chapter 5 - Forming TAs Chapter 6 - Forging TAs Chapter 7 - Experiencing TAs Chapter 8 - Performing TAs Chapter 9 - Remembering TAs Epilogue References

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Book SynopsisThis volume provides the first comprehensive examination of travel guidebooks and their conceptualisation, use and impact. Guidebooks have been key tourism paraphernalia for almost two centuries and although researched in some areas, academic knowledge on guidebooks in tourism has not been expansively communicated. The uncritical, unreflective and largely pejorative approach to guidebooks in the public sphere, and to some degree also present in academia, is reassessed in this book. This challenges the current limited tourism research approaches to the topic, including the routinely held assumption that the internet has all but destroyed the printed guidebook. This book will be a useful resource for postgraduate students and researchers in tourism and tourism communications and consumption. Trade ReviewThis book represents an ambitious exploration of one of the most pervasive and long standing requisites of tourism: the guidebook. It provides a comprehensive and critical review of contemporary research approaches addressing the entanglement of guidebooks with tourist experiences since the early days of mass tourism to digitalized travel. By combining conceptual insights with contextualized empirical enquiries, Peel and Sørensen offer a cutting-edge resource for advanced studies on tourism. * Szilvia Gyimóthy, Aalborg University, Denmark *This is first class scholarship for two reasons. First, it is undoubtedly the best historic, semiotic, and literary ethnography of tourist guidebooks we have. Second, its analysis treats the question of tourists’ understanding of the world with the conceptual and theoretical complexity it deserves. * Tom Selwyn, SOAS, University of London, UK *A refreshingly lucid, multifaceted exploration of the guidebook that advances the sociological analysis offered by MacCannell’s reading of contemporary society. Peel and Sørensen eminently uncover how the guidebook influences tourists and tourism performances, the co-creation of tourism places and businesses as reflection of shifts in the overall tourism system. * Janne J. Liburd, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark *Peel and Sorensen have written a tightly constructed, well-written book that flows well and enhances the reader’s understanding and enjoyment of the focus of the book. The chapters revolving around understanding tourists and their use of guidebooks were particularly beneficial to me. In conclusion, buy this book for the questions it answers and raises. You will be pleased with it as it does a very good job of lucidly delivering subject matter that is more complex than the average academic would expect. As with all well-written books, I left with a much greater understanding of the subject matter than which I began. I believe you will do and will do so in an enjoyable manner. -- Edward Udd, Radford University, USA * Annals of Leisure Research, 2016 *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Travel Guidebooks and Tourism Discourse Chapter 2. Conceptualising Travel Guidebooks Chapter 3. Guidebook Histories Chapter 4. Travel Guidebooks as Text Chapter 5. According to the Guidebook: Exploring Lonely Planet’s Australia Chapter 6. ‘Why I Love/Hate My Guidebook’: Perspectives from the Blogosphere Chapter 7. Slaves to the Guidebook? Exploring Guidebook Usage Chapter 8. Towards a Typology of Guidebook Users Chapter 9. Permission to Coast? Travel Guidebooks and Tourism Businesses Chapter 10. ‘Countdown to Doomsday’? Guidebook Agency in Destination Development Chapter 11. Transformations in the Age of E-tourism: The End of the Guidebook as We Know It? Chapter 12. The Stigma of Guidebooks: Causes and Questions References

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Book SynopsisThis volume provides the first comprehensive examination of travel guidebooks and their conceptualisation, use and impact. Guidebooks have been key tourism paraphernalia for almost two centuries and although researched in some areas, academic knowledge on guidebooks in tourism has not been expansively communicated. The uncritical, unreflective and largely pejorative approach to guidebooks in the public sphere, and to some degree also present in academia, is reassessed in this book. This challenges the current limited tourism research approaches to the topic, including the routinely held assumption that the internet has all but destroyed the printed guidebook. This book will be a useful resource for postgraduate students and researchers in tourism and tourism communications and consumption. Trade ReviewThis book represents an ambitious exploration of one of the most pervasive and long standing requisites of tourism: the guidebook. It provides a comprehensive and critical review of contemporary research approaches addressing the entanglement of guidebooks with tourist experiences since the early days of mass tourism to digitalized travel. By combining conceptual insights with contextualized empirical enquiries, Peel and Sørensen offer a cutting-edge resource for advanced studies on tourism. * Szilvia Gyimóthy, Aalborg University, Denmark *This is first class scholarship for two reasons. First, it is undoubtedly the best historic, semiotic, and literary ethnography of tourist guidebooks we have. Second, its analysis treats the question of tourists’ understanding of the world with the conceptual and theoretical complexity it deserves. * Tom Selwyn, SOAS, University of London, UK *A refreshingly lucid, multifaceted exploration of the guidebook that advances the sociological analysis offered by MacCannell’s reading of contemporary society. Peel and Sørensen eminently uncover how the guidebook influences tourists and tourism performances, the co-creation of tourism places and businesses as reflection of shifts in the overall tourism system. * Janne J. Liburd, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark *Peel and Sorensen have written a tightly constructed, well-written book that flows well and enhances the reader’s understanding and enjoyment of the focus of the book. The chapters revolving around understanding tourists and their use of guidebooks were particularly beneficial to me. In conclusion, buy this book for the questions it answers and raises. You will be pleased with it as it does a very good job of lucidly delivering subject matter that is more complex than the average academic would expect. As with all well-written books, I left with a much greater understanding of the subject matter than which I began. I believe you will do and will do so in an enjoyable manner. -- Edward Udd, Radford University, USA * Annals of Leisure Research, 2016 *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Travel Guidebooks and Tourism Discourse Chapter 2. Conceptualising Travel Guidebooks Chapter 3. Guidebook Histories Chapter 4. Travel Guidebooks as Text Chapter 5. According to the Guidebook: Exploring Lonely Planet’s Australia Chapter 6. ‘Why I Love/Hate My Guidebook’: Perspectives from the Blogosphere Chapter 7. Slaves to the Guidebook? Exploring Guidebook Usage Chapter 8. Towards a Typology of Guidebook Users Chapter 9. Permission to Coast? Travel Guidebooks and Tourism Businesses Chapter 10. ‘Countdown to Doomsday’? Guidebook Agency in Destination Development Chapter 11. Transformations in the Age of E-tourism: The End of the Guidebook as We Know It? Chapter 12. The Stigma of Guidebooks: Causes and Questions References

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Book SynopsisTourist attractions constitute the metaphorical 'heart' of tourism. This book aims to both deconstruct and construct what tourist attractions are, how we perceive them and how we can enhance our understanding of what attracts us as tourists. The volume reaches beyond current ideas about the ways tourist attractions are created, shaped and packaged. It focuses on the importance and subjective nature of identity, memory, narrative and performance in the tourist experience to find new ways of analysing and managing tourist attractions. The book will appeal to researchers and students in tourism and destination management and heritage and indigenous tourism.Trade ReviewThis book is a milestone for tourism research. It makes post-modern thought accessible for both mature students and managers and meticulously applies theory to practice through worked examples. Both Husserl’s phenomenology and Rojek’s constructivism come alive and challenge the practitioner to identify how destination and tourist co-create the attraction. -- Juergen Gnoth, University of Otago, New ZealandThis clearly detailed book makes an immensely valuable contribution by providing two distinct but complementary perspectives that are rarely encountered together: comprehensive knowledge of the ways in which attractions are defined, managed and studied, followed by critical analysis that helps to identify the socially symbolic meanings and political agenda that surround them. Both are jointly essential for responsible development and management of tourism attractions. -- Tazim Jamal, Texas A&M University, USAA fascinating and, at times, provocative combination of personal and theoretical insights into tourist attractions and their place within broader cultural contexts. An examination of tourist attractions from an alternative perspective, thus making this a relevant read for those studying, managing and experiencing tourist attractions in all their variety of form. -- Anna Leask, Edinburgh Napier University, UKThe book was an enjoyable read, which provided very deep insights into how tourists and managers use, perceive and understand attractions. -- Brian Hay, Heriot-Watt University, UK * Journal of Tourism Futures, 2018 *This innovative text provides a fresh perspective on attractions and provides the reader with a unique toolkit to explore tourist attractions through the use of narrative analysis. -- Ellis Urquhart, Edinburgh Napier University, UK * Tourism Analysis, Vol. 22 *This book is an invaluable resource for anyone involved in Tourism Studies, including tourist attractions, destinations, marketing, interpretation, text writing and research methods. Practitioners, academics and students will benefit from this book immensely as it offers a rich resource at a methodological as well as at a practical ad applied level. It is a delight to read, and causes many pauses for reflection. -- Claire Béréziat, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK * Tourism Management 60 (2017) *Table of ContentsPrologue Chapter 1 - Defining TAs Chapter 2 - Managing TAs Chapter 3 - Maintaining TAs Chapter 4 - Reading TAs Chapter 5 - Forming TAs Chapter 6 - Forging TAs Chapter 7 - Experiencing TAs Chapter 8 - Performing TAs Chapter 9 - Remembering TAs Epilogue References

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Book SynopsisCultural heritage is one of the most important tourism resources in the world. This book provides a comprehensive theoretical overview and applied knowledge of the issues, practices, current debates, concepts and management concerns associated with cultural heritage-based tourism. The second edition has been updated to include timely and emerging topics such as geopolitics, conflict, solidarity tourism, overtourism and climate change. It also expands on important areas such as environmental change, technology, social media, heritage economics, Indigenous knowledge and co-created experiences. This edition includes up-to-date data, statistics, references, case material, figures and pedagogical tools. It remains an important and accessible text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of cultural and heritage tourism, cultural resource management, and museum management.Trade ReviewProfessor Dallen Timothy is one of the world’s most eminent scholars in the field of cultural heritage tourism. Using an articulate but accessible style, he covers a comprehensive range of pertinent themes from the basics of heritage management to complex issues of authenticity and the interpretation of the contested past. This book provides invaluable material for Cultural Tourism and Heritage Management courses at all levels. * Melanie Kay Smith, Budapest Metropolitan University, Hungary *This thought-provoking, comprehensive book, written by ‘unashamedly, a self-proclaimed heritage fanatic’ will assist students, scholars and practitioners to understand, conceptualize and effectively and responsibly manage cultural heritage. Those interested in participating in the academic discussion about cultural heritage tourism, recognizing it as a complex multidimensional phenomenon, must read this clear, well-structured and readable book. * Yaniv Poria, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel *Dallen Timothy's second edition of Cultural Heritage and Tourism is a must-read book on heritage, given the accessible style and breadth and depth with which the topic is dealt. The book is an up-to-date synthesis of key thinking on this area, written by an acknowledged expert on heritage tourism. * Stephen J. Page, University of Hertfordshire, UK *In compiling the second edition, Dallen J. Timothy successfully devotes space for emerging topics such as the sustainable use of cultural/heritage resources and technology […] Going forward, as the globe struggles to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic, this new edition will conceptually and practically offer a holistic platform for developing transformative/restorative heritage tourism, devoted to moral values, replenishment, and the wellbeing of humanity, for better times, so that it can remain resilient and thriving during catastrophic events. -- Deepak Chhabra, Arizona State University, USA * Journal of Heritage Tourism, Vol 16 No 5 *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Plates Preface 1. Cultural Heritage and Tourism Part 1 2. Consumption of Culture: Heritage Demand and Experience 3. The Heritage Supply: Attractions and Services 4. Spatial Perspectives and Heritage Resources 5. Looking for Something Real: Heritage, Tourism and Elusive Authenticity 6. Tourism and the Politics of Heritage 7. The Need to Conserve the Past: The Impacts of Tourism 8. Protective Legislation and Conservation Organizations 9. Protecting the Past for Today: Heritage Conservation and Tourism 10. Telling the Story: Interpreting the Past for Visitors 11. Planning Principles, Sustainability and Cultural Heritage Destinations 12. Marketing the Past for Today 13. Raising Revenue and Managing Visitors Part 2 14. Museums: Keepers of the Past 15. Archaeological Sites and Ancient Monuments 16. Landscapes of the Elite and the Ordinary 17. The Industrial Past 18. Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage 19. Diasporas, Roots and Personal Heritage Tourism 20. Living Heritage, Intangible Culture and Indigenous People 21. Dark Tourism: Atrocity and Human Suffering 22. Conclusions: The Future of the Past References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive understanding of China’s tourism development from 1992 onwards, focusing on the social-cultural change that accompanied the rise of tourism. It examines both the economic benefits and sociocultural impacts of tourism and argues that tourism sustainability depends on a delicate balance between economic and social-cultural interests which could manifest differently among the stakeholders of various interests. It also explores, through both theoretical and empirical analysis, how travel connects people and places through the processes of tourist imagination and consumption. The volume portrays how contemporary discourses fuse with individual histories to formulate the ways in which tourists understand China. It will be a useful resource for students and scholars in human geography, tourism management, leisure and recreation, and social sciences.Trade ReviewIn this seminal treatise Dr Li enlists his in-depth studies of mainland China, Hong Kong and Canada, and applies ethnographical methods to interpret the results from a humanistic perspective. He successfully steers the scholarly inquiry from the traditional deterministic towards the existential-phenomenological approach. The book skilfully lifts the value of qualitative case studies to the high-order theoretical plane and makes an original contribution to tourism knowledge. * C.Y. Jim, Education University of Hong Kong and University of Hong Kong *This book responds to the need to critically review what tourism has brought to China, a vast country with enchanting social and cultural diversity. Covering different forms of tourism and discussing key issues shaping the distinct path of tourism development in China, it provides a timely and comprehensive reflection on the rise of tourism in China. * Ming Ming Su, Renmin University of China *This significant book, through application of a welcome humanistic approach and pertinent case studies, extends understanding of the socioeconomic dimensions of tourism in China. It is of global relevance because it probes behind the impressive numbers that attest to this country’s status as a contemporary powerhouse in both domestic and international tourism. * Geoffrey Wall, University of Waterloo, Canada *The author theoretically and empirically analyzes how travel connects people and places through the interaction between tourist imagination and consumption of the actual process of travel, a central theme being how the tourism experience contributes to an understanding of modern China [...] The sheer number of references (over 7,000) and the extensive bibliography (26 pages) are remarkable in such a small book. * B. Osborne, Emeritus, Queen's University at Kingston, Canada, CHOICE connect, January 2024 Vol. 61 No. 5 *...a timely and valuable account of China’s tourism development and its societal consequences over the last three decades. The qualitative methodology of the book offers significant insights into the various aspects of Chinese tourism, and its concentration on the Mainland-Hong Kong relationship is a notable highlight [...] an excellent resource for scholars and students interested in the social and cultural aspects of tourism in China. * Chen Yang, University of Innsbruck, Austria, Tourism and Hospitality Research 2023 *Table of ContentsFigures and Tables Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: Making or Remaking People and Places through Tourism Chapter 1. The Appeal of Distant Places: China’s Inbound Tourism in the 1990s Chapter 2. Orientalism Revisited: Ethnic Tourism of China versus Canada Chapter 3. Tourism Impacts in China after Two Decades of Development Chapter 4. Community Tourism and China’s Dilemma of Modernisation Chapter 5. Red Tourism and China’s Communist Identity Chapter 6. The Impacts of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Chapter 7. Leisure Shopping and the Hong Kong–China Relationship Chapter 8. Island Festivals and Sense of Place: The Hong Kong Experience Chapter 9. Linguistic Landscape, Tourism and an Island Place Making Chapter 10. Tourism and Social-Cultural Change in China Conclusion: Applying Ethnography to China Tourism Research References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides multi-layered and nuanced perspectives on how drivers of change may influence cultural tourism on a global, national and local level. As such, it contributes to a greater understanding of how cultural tourism will be governed, performed and experienced within a volatile, uncertain and complex future environment.

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Book Synopsis The notion of French exceptionalism is deeply embedded in the nation's self-image and in a range of political and academic discourses. Recently, the debate about whether France really is "exceptional" has acquired a critical edge. Against the background of introspection about the nature of "national identity," some proclaim "normalisation" and the end of French exceptionalism, while others point out to the continuing evidence that France remains distinctive at a number of levels, from popular culture to public policy. This book explores the notion of French exceptionalism, places it in its European context, examines its history and evaluate its continuing relevance in a range of fields from politics and public policy to popular culture and sport.Trade Review "[A] thorough cut at the notion of French exceptionalism, and it should be useful for French specialists as well as scholars of other areas who wish to study France in comparative perspective." H-FranceTable of Contents Foreword List of Abbreviations Introduction PART I: PROBLEMATISING EXCEPTIONALISM Chapter 1. France and Exceptionalism Nick Hewlett Chapter 2. Exceptionalism and Universalism: The Uneasy Alliance in the French-speaking World Margaret A. Majumdar Chapter 3. The Elusive French Exception Sue Collard PART II: EXCEPTIONALISM IN POLITICS AND POLICY Chapter 4. French Communism: An Exceptional Orthodoxy David S. Bell Chapter 5. Does it Make Sense to Treat the Front National as a ‘French Exception’? Emmanuel Godin Chapter 6. The French Administrative Exception: Change and Resistance Anne Stevens Chapter 7. French Industrial Relations – Still Exceptional? Nick Parsons Chapter 8. The French Socialists, Dirigisme and the Troubled Europeanisation of Employment Policy Ben Clift Chapter 9. French Foreign and Defence Policy: Exceptional in Methods and Rhetoric? Janet Bryant PART III: EXCEPTIONALISM IN FRENCH CULTURE, THE MEDIA AND SPORT Chapter 10. Presidential Debates in France: An Example of Americanisation? Sheila Perry Chapter 11. The Myth of Exceptionalism? French Television in a West European Context Raymond Kuhn Chapter 12. Cultural Exception(s) in French Cinema Brigitte Rollet Chapter 13. Sport and Politics: Another French Exception Patrick Mignon Chapter 14. French Intellectuals: the Legendary Exception Michael Kelly Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index

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Book Synopsis The growing interdependence of the local and the global demand innovative approaches to human development. Such approaches, the author argues, ought to be based on the emerging ethics of global intelligence, defined as the ability to understand, respond to, and work toward what will benefit all human beings and will support and enrich all life on this planet. As no national or supranational authority can predefine or predetermine it, global intelligence involves long-term, collective learning processes and can emerge only from continuing intercultural research, dialogue, and cooperation. In this book, the author elaborates the basic principles of a new field of intercultural studies, oriented toward global intelligence. He proposes concrete research and educational programs that would help create intercultural learning environments designed to stimulate sustainable human development throughout the world.Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1. Intercultural Studies: A Local-Global Approach Chapter 2. The Role of Humanities in a Global Age Chapter 3. Information and Communication Technology for Human Development: An Intercultural Perspective Chapter 4. The Intercultural Studies Academic Program: A Pilot Project in Global Learning and Leadership Appendix: Quantum Theory: A Brief Overview By Hardy F. Schloer and Philip Gagner Bibliographical References Index

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Book Synopsis Recent tensions between the U.S. and Europe seem to have opened up an insuperable rift, while Americanization, deplored by some, welcomed by others, seems to progress unabated. This volume explores, for the first time and in a comparative manner, the role American culture and anti-Americanism play in eleven representative European countries, including major powers like Great Britain, France, (West) Germany, Russia/Soviet Union, and Italy as well as smaller countries like Austria, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Sweden, and Poland. Each contributor to the volume, all of them highly respected experts in their field, was asked to address the following four topics: the role of American public diplomacy, the transfer of American “high culture,” the impact of “popular culture” ranging from Hollywood movies and TV to pop music and life-style issues, and the country specific features and history of anti-Americanism. The volume is enhanced by a substantial introduction by the editor, which looks both at the general “culture clash” between the United States and Europe and at adaptations and blending processes that seem to have occurred in individual countries.Trade Review “A welcome and timely addition to college and public library international studies shelves.” · The Midwest Book Review

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Book Synopsis Underlying the current dynamics of technological developments, their divergence or convergence and the abundance of options, promises and risks they contain, is the quest for innovation, the contributors to this volume argue. The seemingly insatiable demand for novelty coincides with the rise of modern science and the onset of modernity in Western societies. Never before has the Baconian dream been so close to becoming reality: wrapped into a globalizing capitalism that seeks ever expanding markets for new products, artifacts and designs and new processes that lead to gains in efficiency, productivity and profit. However, approaching these developments through a wider historical and cultural perspectives, means to raise questions about the plurality of cultures, the interaction between "hardware" and "software" and about the nature of the interfaces where technology meets with economic, social, legal, historical constraints and opportunities. The authors come to the conclusion that inside a seemingly homogenous package and a seemingly universal quest for innovation many differences remain.Trade Review “…a book that is fundamental to the understanding of technologically developed societies… Innovation matters. Culture matters. And only an understanding of the links between culture and innovation can help us make sense of the world we are building.” • Technology and CultureTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: The Quest for Innovation and Cultures of Technology Helga Nowotny PART I: ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CULTURE, TECHNOLOGY, AND INNOVATION Chapter 1. Culture and Innovation Thomas P. Hughes Chapter 2. The Unintended Consequences of Innovation: Change and Community at MIT Rosalind Williams Chapter 3. The Vulnerability of Technological Culture Wiebe E. Bijker PART II: THE GENDER BIAS OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS Chapter 4. Culture of Gender, and Culture of Technology: The Gendering of Things in France’s Office Spaces between 1890 and 1930 Delphine Gardey Chapter 5. Suspending Gender? Reflecting on Innovations in Cyberspace Judy Wajcman PART III: PLURALIST HISTORIES OF SCIENCE, INNOVATION, AND WAR Chapter 6. Innovation, Diverse Knowledges, and the Presumed Singularity of Science John V. Pickstone Chapter 7. Scientists on the Battlefield: Cultures and Conflicts Jean-Jacques Salomon PART IV: THE ADOPTION OF INNOVATIONS IN DIFFERENT CULTURAL CONTEXTS Chapter 8. From Prophecies of the Future to Incarnations of the Past: Cultures of Nuclear Technology Patrick Kupper Chapter 9. The Mining Industry in Traditional China: Intraand Intercultural Comparisons Hans Ulrich Vogel Epilogue: Interdisciplinarity and the Innovation Process How to Organize Spaces of Translation, or, the Politics of Innovation Joachim Nettelbeck Contributors Select Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis Underlying the current dynamics of technological developments, their divergence or convergence and the abundance of options, promises and risks they contain, is the quest for innovation, the contributors to this volume argue. The seemingly insatiable demand for novelty coincides with the rise of modern science and the onset of modernity in Western societies. Never before has the Baconian dream been so close to becoming reality: wrapped into a globalizing capitalism that seeks ever expanding markets for new products, artifacts and designs and new processes that lead to gains in efficiency, productivity and profit. However, approaching these developments through a wider historical and cultural perspectives, means to raise questions about the plurality of cultures, the interaction between "hardware" and "software" and about the nature of the interfaces where technology meets with economic, social, legal, historical constraints and opportunities. The authors come to the conclusion that inside a seemingly homogenous package and a seemingly universal quest for innovation many differences remain.Trade Review “…a book that is fundamental to the understanding of technologically developed societies… Innovation matters. Culture matters. And only an understanding of the links between culture and innovation can help us make sense of the world we are building.” • Technology and CultureTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: The Quest for Innovation and Cultures of Technology Helga Nowotny PART I: ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CULTURE, TECHNOLOGY, AND INNOVATION Chapter 1. Culture and Innovation Thomas P. Hughes Chapter 2. The Unintended Consequences of Innovation: Change and Community at MIT Rosalind Williams Chapter 3. The Vulnerability of Technological Culture Wiebe E. Bijker PART II: THE GENDER BIAS OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS Chapter 4. Culture of Gender, and Culture of Technology: The Gendering of Things in France’s Office Spaces between 1890 and 1930 Delphine Gardey Chapter 5. Suspending Gender? Reflecting on Innovations in Cyberspace Judy Wajcman PART III: PLURALIST HISTORIES OF SCIENCE, INNOVATION, AND WAR Chapter 6. Innovation, Diverse Knowledges, and the Presumed Singularity of Science John V. Pickstone Chapter 7. Scientists on the Battlefield: Cultures and Conflicts Jean-Jacques Salomon PART IV: THE ADOPTION OF INNOVATIONS IN DIFFERENT CULTURAL CONTEXTS Chapter 8. From Prophecies of the Future to Incarnations of the Past: Cultures of Nuclear Technology Patrick Kupper Chapter 9. The Mining Industry in Traditional China: Intraand Intercultural Comparisons Hans Ulrich Vogel Epilogue: Interdisciplinarity and the Innovation Process How to Organize Spaces of Translation, or, the Politics of Innovation Joachim Nettelbeck Contributors Select Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis On the surface, naming is simply a way to classify people and their environments. The premise of this study is that it is much more — a form of social control, a political activity, a key to identity maintenance and transformation. Governments legislate and regulate naming; people fight to take, keep, or change their names. A name change can indicate subjugation or liberation, depending on the circumstances. But it always signifies a change in power relations. Since the late 1970s, the author has looked at naming and renaming, cross-culturally and internationally, with particular attention to the effects of colonisation and liberation. The experience of Inuit in Canada is an example of both. Colonisation is only part of the Nunavut experience. Contrary to the dire predictions of cultural genocide theorists, Inuit culture — particularly traditional naming — has remained extremely strong, and is in the midst of a renaissance. Here is a ground-breaking study by the founder of the discipline of political onomastics.Trade Review “…a thought-provoking book. Alia lays out the intricacies of Inuit naming so clearly, describes the Arctic environment so vividly, and conveys such a rich sense of Inuit values, concerns, and humour that readers are likely to hunger for more information and to pose ethnographic and on mastic questions that press forward the horizons of Inuit ethnography. Names and Nunavut is a welcome addition to Arctic ethnography and should be of interest not only to linguists and anthropologists working in the Arctic but to anyone interested in the relationship between onomasty, personhood, and cosmology and to anyone looking for fresh insights to the micropractices of linguistic and onomastic colonialism" · NAMES: A Journal of Onomastics “The author has achieved an important and remarkable contribution to scholarship with her book.” · Namenkundliche Informationen "Embedded within this nuanced and extraordinarily well-researched account of the political onomastics (the politics of naming) involved with Inuit (colonial) history are an abundance of theoretical, ethical and political insights into both the complex nature of the Inuit and their evolving engagement with Qallunat (non-Inuit, Euro-Canadian), as well as the complex nature of engaging in such research. This publication, refreshing in its focus on extensive local community research, delves into the complicated dynamic between colonial administration and its effects on the culture and identity of the Inuits." · British Journal of Canadian Studies “[The book] is very readable and helps to overcome the euro-centric perspective concerning the significance of names in the political conflicts of the twentieth century... A person’s name is closely linked to current human rights debates, and by analyzing this aspect from a global perspective Valerie Alia’s book offers an important and impressive contribution.” · Journal of OnomasticsTable of Contents List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements Notes on Spelling, Translation and Transliteration List of Abbreviations Map Introduction: Towards a Theory of Political Onomastics – A Personal Reflection Chapter 1. The Importance of Names in Inuit Culture Chapter 2. Visiting, Colonial Style: From Early Days of Cultural Intervention to the Cold War Chapter 3. Renamed Overnight: the History of Project Surname Chapter 4. ‘The people who love you’: Contemporary Perspectives on Naming in Nunavut Chapter 5. Homelands and Diasporas: Concluding Thoughts on the Politics of Naming Chronology of Key Events and Developments in Nunavut and the Circumpolar North Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis In Latin America, where even today writing has remained a restricted form of expression, the task of generating consent and imposing the emergent nation-state as the exclusive form of the political, was largely conferred to the image. Furthermore, at the moment of its historical demise, the new, 'postmodern' forms of sovereignty appear to rely even more heavily on visual discourses of power. However, a critique of the iconography of the modern state-form has been missing. This volume is the first concerted attempt by cultural, historical and visual scholars to address the political dimension of visual culture in Latin America, in a comparative perspective spanning various regions and historical stages. The case studies are divided into four sections, analysing the formation of a public sphere, the visual politics of avant-garde art, the impact of mass society on political iconography, and the consolidation and crisis of territory as a key icon of the state.Trade Review "Such a brief overview cannot do the essays in this collection justice. Amply illustrated and nicely organised, the collected essays represent some of the most innovative work being done in the field of visual culture in Latin America. Of particular value is the range of theoretical interests and perspectives brought to bear on visual culture by the contributors. This is theoretical and disciplinary eclecticism at its best. Each essay is refreshing and original and there is little redundancy despite the length of the book…For scholars working on visual culture, the state and cultural history, this is an essential volume." -Journal of Latin American StudiesTable of Contents List of Illustrations Introduction: The Power of Images Jens Andermann and William Rowe PART I: MEMORY AND THE PUBLIC ARENA Chapter 1. From Royal Subject to Citizen: the Territory of the Body in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Mexican Visual Practices Magali M. Carrera Chapter 2. The Mexican Codices and the Visual Language of Revolution Gordon Brotherston Chapter 3. Subversive Needlework: Gender, Class and History at Venezuela´s National Exhibition, 1883 Beatriz González Stephan (transl. Heike Vogt) Chapter 4. Material Memories: Tradition and Amnesia in two Argentine Museums Alvaro Fernández Bravo PART II: SELF AND OTHER IN THE AVANT-GARDE Chapter 5. Exoticism, Alterity and the Ecuadorean Elite: The Work of Camilo Egas Trinidad Pérez (transl. Philip Derbyshire) Chapter 6. Primitivist Iconographies: Tango and Samba, Images of the Nation Florencia Garramuño Chapter 7. ‘Argentina in the World’: Internationalist Nationalism in the Art of the 1960s Andrea Giunta (transl. Emma Thomas) PART III: MASSES AND MONUMENTALITY Chapter 8. ‘Cold as the Stone of which it Must be Made’: Caboclos, Monuments and the Memory of Independence in Bahia, Brazil, 1870–1900 Hendrik Kraay Chapter 9. Photography, Memory, Disavowal: the Casasola Archive Andrea Noble Chapter 10. Mass and Multitude: Bastardised Iconographies of the Modern Order Graciela Montaldo PART IV: SPACES OF FLIGHT AND CAPTURE Chapter 11. Marconi and other Artifices: Long-range Technology and the Conquest of the Desert Claudio Canaparo (transl. Peter Cooke) Chapter 12. Desert Dreams: Nomadic Tourists and Cultural Discontent Gabriela Nouzeilles (transl. Jens Andermann) Chapter 13. Why the Virgin of Zapopan went to Los Angeles: Reflections on Mobility and Globality Mary Louise Pratt Notes on Contributors Index

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Book Synopsis As a visual medium, the photograph has many culturally resonant properties that it shares with no other medium. These essays develop innovative cultural strategies for reading, re-reading and re-using photographs, as well as for (re)creating photographs and other artworks and evoke varied sites of memory in contemporary landscapes: from sites of war and other violence through the lost places of indigenous peoples to the once-familiar everyday places of home, family, neighborhood and community. Paying close attention to the settings in which such photographs are made and used--family collections, public archives, museums, newspapers, art galleries--the contributors consider how meanings in photographs may be shifted, challenged and renewed over time and for different purposes--from historical inquiry to quests for personal, familial, ethnic and national identity.Trade Review “…[this volume makes a] strong contribution… to rethinking the limitations and failures of photographic representation and to challenging our own interpretive assumptions driven by desires to see and read photographs in certain ways. Rather, as the volume makes clear in unique and varied sites of research, photographic meaning and memory, unstable and in constant flux, are marked as much by forgetfulness and absence as remembrance and presence.” · H-Net “…the discursive style of each of the chapters highlights the value of attention to oral histories…There are many chapters worth investigating in this volume, delivering as it does a specific methodological clout for the study of memory and its mutations over time which result in national deliriums, amnesia and all types of cultural disorders.” · Cultural Studies Review “The successful combination of varied insights, from work on cultural memory and visual culture to analysis of photographic acts, makes this a unique collection of essays, an exemplary model of interdisciplinary scholarship, and a valuable asset to Berghahn Books’ ‘Remapping Cultural History’ series.” · Canadian Journal of CommunicationTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Locating Memory: Photographic Acts - An Introduction Annette Kuhn and Kirsten Emiko McAllister PART I: IDENTITIES Chapter 2. Re-placing History: Critiquing the Colonial Gaze through Photographic Works by Jeffrey Thomas and Greg Staats Andrea Walsh Chapter 3. Photography, ‘Englishness’ and Collective Memory: The National Photographic Record Association, 1897-1910 Elizabeth Edwards Chapter 4. A Story of Escape: Family Photographs from Japanese Canadian Internment Camps Kirsten Emiko McAllister PART II: DIS/LOCATIONS Chapter 5. The Return of the Aura: Contemporary Writers Look Back at the First World War Photograph Marlene A. Briggs Chapter 6. ‘There Was Never a Camp Here’: Searching for Vapniarka Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer Chapter 7. The Space Between: Photography and the Time of Forgetting in the Work of Willie Doherty Andrew Quick Chapter 8. Displaced Events: Photographic Memory and Performance Art Nick Kaye PART III: REFRAMINGS Chapter 9. Vietnam War Photography as a Locus of Memory Patrick Hagopian Chapter 10. Speaking the Album: An Application of the Oral-photographic Framework Martha Langford Chapter 11. Talking Through: This Space Around Four Pictures by Jeff Wall Jerry Zaslove and Glen Lowry Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index

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Book Synopsis As a visual medium, the photograph has many culturally resonant properties that it shares with no other medium. These essays develop innovative cultural strategies for reading, re-reading and re-using photographs, as well as for (re)creating photographs and other artworks and evoke varied sites of memory in contemporary landscapes: from sites of war and other violence through the lost places of indigenous peoples to the once-familiar everyday places of home, family, neighborhood and community. Paying close attention to the settings in which such photographs are made and used--family collections, public archives, museums, newspapers, art galleries--the contributors consider how meanings in photographs may be shifted, challenged and renewed over time and for different purposes--from historical inquiry to quests for personal, familial, ethnic and national identity.Trade Review “…[this volume makes a] strong contribution… to rethinking the limitations and failures of photographic representation and to challenging our own interpretive assumptions driven by desires to see and read photographs in certain ways. Rather, as the volume makes clear in unique and varied sites of research, photographic meaning and memory, unstable and in constant flux, are marked as much by forgetfulness and absence as remembrance and presence.” · H-Net “…the discursive style of each of the chapters highlights the value of attention to oral histories…There are many chapters worth investigating in this volume, delivering as it does a specific methodological clout for the study of memory and its mutations over time which result in national deliriums, amnesia and all types of cultural disorders.” · Cultural Studies Review “The successful combination of varied insights, from work on cultural memory and visual culture to analysis of photographic acts, makes this a unique collection of essays, an exemplary model of interdisciplinary scholarship, and a valuable asset to Berghahn Books’ ‘Remapping Cultural History’ series.” · Canadian Journal of CommunicationTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Locating Memory: Photographic Acts - An Introduction Annette Kuhn and Kirsten Emiko McAllister PART I: IDENTITIES Chapter 2. Re-placing History: Critiquing the Colonial Gaze through Photographic Works by Jeffrey Thomas and Greg Staats Andrea Walsh Chapter 3. Photography, ‘Englishness’ and Collective Memory: The National Photographic Record Association, 1897-1910 Elizabeth Edwards Chapter 4. A Story of Escape: Family Photographs from Japanese Canadian Internment Camps Kirsten Emiko McAllister PART II: DIS/LOCATIONS Chapter 5. The Return of the Aura: Contemporary Writers Look Back at the First World War Photograph Marlene A. Briggs Chapter 6. ‘There Was Never a Camp Here’: Searching for Vapniarka Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer Chapter 7. The Space Between: Photography and the Time of Forgetting in the Work of Willie Doherty Andrew Quick Chapter 8. Displaced Events: Photographic Memory and Performance Art Nick Kaye PART III: REFRAMINGS Chapter 9. Vietnam War Photography as a Locus of Memory Patrick Hagopian Chapter 10. Speaking the Album: An Application of the Oral-photographic Framework Martha Langford Chapter 11. Talking Through: This Space Around Four Pictures by Jeff Wall Jerry Zaslove and Glen Lowry Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index

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Book Synopsis One hundred years ago in Brazil the rituals of Candomblé were feared as sorcery and persecuted as crime. Its cult objects were fearsome fetishes. Nowadays, they are Afro-Brazilian cultural works of art, objects of museum display and public monuments. Focusing on the particular histories of objects, images, spaces and persons who embodied it, this book portrays the historical journey from weapons of sorcery looted by the police, to hidden living stones, to public works of art attacked by religious fanatics that see them as images of the Devil, former sorcerers who have become artists, writers, and philosophers. Addressing this history as a journey of objectification and appropriation, the author offers a fresh, unconventional, and illuminating look at questions of syncretism, hybridity and cultural resistance in Brazil and in the Black Atlantic in general.Trade Review “In all, this is an exciting study on a consolidated historiographic and anthropological theme such as Afro-Brazilian culture, since it does not take for granted the established truths, or the political practices and though, that both history and anthropology have set out to support in twentieth-century Brazil.” • Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d’histoire “…the impressive research and sensitive analyses… make this book an important and original contribution to the cultural history of the region. Anthropologists and historians interested in the development of Candomblé… and in the processes of objectification and appropriation of everyday practices and things as symbols of collective identity, will certainly find much of interest in Sansi’s work.” • Journal of Latin American Studies “This book… brings a new level of analytical rigor to the artistic study of African–American religious objects… Sansi’s economical prose allows him to make complex theoretical, historical, ethnographic, and aesthetic arguments succinctly. Its clarity and brevity makes it attractive for course adoption especially in African-Diaspora studies, museum studies and ‘non-western’ art history courses.” • The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology “Sansi’s book raises important questions about objectification, appropriation, syncretism, and cultural change in Brazil… the result is a lucid analysis of change over time in light of the political and social history of Brazil and the changes within Candomblé values and beliefs.” • Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute “A sensitive, well-written, fine analysis of a culture undergoing multiple transitions, without a certain future. Highly recommended.” • ChoiceTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Culture and Objectification in the Black Rome Chapter 1. ‘Making the Saint’: Spirits, Shrines and Syncretism in Candomblé Chapter 2. From Sorcery to Civilisation: The Objectification of Afro-Brazilian Culture Chapter 3. From Informants to Scholars: Appropriating Afro-Brazilian Culture Chapter 4. From Weapons of Crime to Jewels of the Crown: Candomblé in Museums Chapter 5. From the Shanties to the Mansions: Candomblé as National Heritage Chapter 6. Modern Art and Afro-Brazilian Culture in Bahia Chapter 7. Authenticity and Commodification in Afro-Brazilian Art Chapter 8. Candomblé as Public Art: The Orixás of Tororó Chapter 9. Re-appropriations of Afro-Brazilian Culture Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis Why do the people of the French Caribbean still continue to be haunted by the memory of their slave past more than one hundred and fifty years after the abolition of slavery? What process led to the divorce of their collective memory of slavery and emancipation from France's portrayal of these historical phenomena? How are Martinicans and Guadeloupeans today transforming the silences of the past into historical and cultural manifestations rooted in the Caribbean? This book answers these questions by relating the 1998 controversy surrounding the 150th anniversary of France's abolition of slavery to the period of the slave regime spanning the late Enlightenment and the French Revolution. By comparing a diversity of documents—including letters by slaves, free people of color, and planters, as well as writings by the philosophes, royal decrees, and court cases—the author untangles the complex forces of the slave regime that have shaped collective memory. The current nationalization of the memory of slavery in France has turned these once peripheral claims into passionate political and cultural debates.Trade Review “Reinhardt’s astute, well –researched, and historically contextualized literary analyses yield much interesting commentary as well as some original insights.” • American Historical Review “Claims to Memory is illuminating, thought-provoking, and even elegant. All students and scholars with an interest in France’s islands in the Caribbean need to read it.” • Island Studies Journal “Claims to Memory is an engaging and in many ways unique book…that sets out to dismantle the delusions of republican France as the birthplace of liberty and slave emancipation… Reinhardt’s book is a great challenge to francophone literary studies and a brilliant response to Glissant's call for a 'prophetic vision of the past.'” • H-France Review “The complexities and controversies of commemorating slavery provide Claims to Memory with a fascinating subject matter… a valuable addition to debates on slavery commemoration that serves as a counterpoint to ‘the overpowering narrative of the French abolitionist movement’.” • Francophone Studies “Reinhardt does not fail in her ambitions. Using the theoretical antecedent of rhizomatic memory and reading across the multiple sources this method entails, Reinhardt succeeds in challenging our simplification of historical narratives of abolition in the Caribbean, and our assumptions about the interrelationship between abolition and the Enlightenment… In her reading across genres and realms of memory, this text offers an excellent actualization of rhizome memory… [and] an historical account of slavery in the French Caribbean from a variety of sources ideal for scholars in the area of the history of slavery. Claims to Memory is also engaging reading for scholars in the more general areas of public memory and representation.” • The Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie “What is distinctive about Catherine Reinhardt's book is the highly visible place that it gives to the decolonizing of memory in a larger theory of Caribbean postcolonial subjectivity. This makes it a vital contribution to the theory of the postcolonial subject.” • Paget Henry, the Fanon Prize Committee, Caribbean Philosophical AssociationTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Memories of Slavery Chapter 1. Realms of the Enlightenment Chapter 2. Realms of the Maroon Chapter 3. Realms of Freedom Chapter 4. Realms of Assimilation Chapter 5. Realms of Memory Conclusion: Beyond Slavery Postscript Appendix Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis Inspired by the Rhetoric Culture Project, this volume focuses on the use of imagery, narrative, and cultural schemes to deal with predicaments that arise during the course of life. The contributors explore how people muster their resources to understand and deal with emergencies such as illness, displacement, or genocide. In dealing with such circumstances, people can develop new rhetorical forms and, in the process, establish new cultural resources for succeeding generations. Several of the contributions show how rhetorical cultural forms can themselves create emergencies. The contributors bring expertise from a variety of disciplines, including anthropology and communications studies, underlining the volume’s wider relevance as a reflection on the human condition.Trade Review “…a fine collection of essays illuminating situation uses of narratives, images and tropes that are not contemplated as ‘explanations’ but as cultural resources mobilized to impart meaning and order when facing concrete circumstances…a great variety of excellent analyses going beyond the disciplinary boundaries of anthropology…this book is a welcome contribution and the project I belongs to offers one of the most important shifts in European anthropology in the coming decade.” • Social Anthropology/Anthropologie socialeTable of Contents Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Inventions of hyperbolic culture Ralph Cintron Chapter 2. Medical rhetoric in the US and Africa: the oncologist as Charon Megan Biesele Chapter 3. The diffuse in testimonies Stevan Weine Chapter 4. Internal rhetorics: Constituting selves in diaries and beyond Jein Nienkamp Chapter 5. Ordeals of language Ellen Basso Chapter 6. ‘As if Goya was on hand as a marksman’: Foot and mouth disease as a rhetorical and cultural phenomenon Brigitte Nerlich Chapter 7. Story seeds and the Inchoate Michael Carrithers Chapter 8. The palaestral aspect of rhetoric F.G. Bailey Chapter 9. Rhetoric in the moral order: a critique of tropological approaches to culture James Fernandez Notes on contributors Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis The period of the baroque (late sixteenth to mid-eighteenth centuries) saw extensive reconfiguration of European cities and their public spaces. Yet, this transformation cannot be limited merely to signifying a style of art, architecture, and decor. Rather, the dynamism, emotionality, and potential for grandeur that were inherent in the baroque style developed in close interaction with the need and desire of post-Reformation Europeans to find visual expression for the new political, confessional, and societal realities. Highly illustrated, this volume examines these complex interrelationships among architecture and art, power, religion, and society from a wide range of viewpoints and localities. From Krakow to Madrid and from Naples to Dresden, cities were reconfigured visually as well as politically and socially. Power, in both its political and architectural guises, had to be negotiated among constituents ranging from monarchs and high churchmen to ordinary citizens. Within this process, both rulers and ruled were transformed: Europe left behind the last vestiges of the medieval and arrived on the threshold of the modern.Trade Review "This collection is distinguished by richness of content. Indeed, it offers, in addition to a rich historical analysis, an analysis of documentary materials derived from careful research in various European archives and libraries. There also is a rich and comprehensive bibliography and a useful index." · Canadian Journal of History "...this collection contains a good bibliography; and its essays may provide useful points of introduction both for scholars and for advanced students." · Austrian History YearbookTable of Contents List of Illustrations Introduction Gary B. Cohen and Franz A. J. Szabo Chapter 1. Embodiments of Power? Baroque architecture in the former Habsburg Residences of Graz and Innsbruck Mark Hengerer Chapter 2. Baroque Comes for the Archbishops: Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, Johann Ernst Count Thun and Their Ideals of 'Modern Art' and Architecture Roswitha Juffinger Chapter 3. Religious Art and the Formation of a Catholic Identity in Baroque Prague Howard Louthan Chapter 4. Prague, Wroclaw and Vienna: Center and Periphery in Transformations of Baroque Culture? Jiri Pesek Chapter 5. Representation of the Court and Burghers in the Baroque Cities of the High Road: Krakow, Wrocław and Dresden in a Historical Comparison Jan Harasimowicz Chapter 6. From Protestant Fortress to Baroque Apotheosis: Dresden from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century Barbara Marx Chapter 7. A Tale of Two Cities: Nuremberg and Munich Jeffrey Chipps Smith Chapter 8. Searching for the New Constantine: Early Modern Rome as a Spanish Imperial City Thomas Dandelet Chapter 9. The Zodiac in the Streets: Inscribing Buon Governo in Baroque Naples John A. Marino Chapter 10. A Setting for Royal Authority: The Reshaping of Madrid, Sixteenth/Eighteenth Centuries David Ringrose Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis Under the current cartographies of globalism, where frontiers mutate, vacillate, and mark the contiguity of discourse, questioning the Spanish border seems a particularly urgent task. The volume engages a wide spectrum of ambivalent regions—subjects that currently are, or have been seen in the past, as spaces of negotiation and contestation. However, they converge in their perception of the “Spanish” nation-space as a historical and ideological construct that is perpetually going through transformations and reformations. This volume advocates the position that intellectual responsibility must lead us to engage openly in the issues underlying current social and political tensions.Trade Review “This volume constitutes an outstanding example of the fascinating potential of borders, whether real, imaginary, historical, religious, political or cultural, providing a genuine example of the potential of cultural studies to encompass different historical, cultural and theoretical threads…The sheer range of geographical, cultural and conceptual borders covered by the volume is fascinating and offers a promising venue for Spanish cultural studies.” · Journal of Romance Studies “[This] collection provides stimulating perspectives, drawn from a wide historical and geographical range, that refresh the theories, methods, and goals through which we deal with border issues.” · H-SAE “These twelve essays consider in an exemplary fashion geographical, cultural, gender, linguistic, disciplinary, and other Spanish borders…All-in-all, this book is not only worth reading, but an admirable example of where contemporary Hispanism can be found.” · Bulletin of Spanish Studies “Read together or individually, these essays mark an impressive display of knowledge of Spanish cultural and historical identity both in width and profundity, and, more importantly, of the marginalized, suppressed, or ignored elements that undermine that knowledge. If you think you know Spain, think again; you will find something, if not many things, in this collection to challenge your perceptions. A valuable resource for students and professors alike, as well as any reader with a desire to better understand the complications, ambiguities, and fluctuations of modern and historical Spain.” · Bulletin of the Association of Spanish and Portuguese Historical StudiesTable of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Benita Sampedro and Simon Doubleday Chapter 1. Europe’s ‘Last’ Wall: Contiguity, Exchange and Heterotopia in Ceuta, the confluence of Spain and North Africa Parvati Nair Chapter 2. Migration, Gender, and Desire in Contemporary Spanish Cinema Rosi Song Chapter 3. State Narcissism: Racism, Neoimperialism, and Spanish Opposition to Multiculturalism (On Mikel Azurmendi) Joseba Gabilondo Chapter 4. Constructing Convivencia: Miquel Barceló, José Luis Guerín, and Spanish-African Solidarity Susan Martín Márquez Chapter 5. Galicia Beyond Galicia: A man dos paíños and the Ends of Territoriality Cristina Moreiras-Menor Chapter 6. Foreignness and Vengeance: On Rizal's El Filibusterismo Vicente Rafael Chapter 7. Through the Eyes of Strangers: Building Nation and Political Legitimacy in Eighteenth-Century Spain Alberto Medina Chapter 8. On Imperial Archives and the Insular Vanishing Point. The Canary Islands in Viera y Clavijo’s Noticias Francisco-J. Hernández Adrián Chapter 9. Manso de Contreras’ Relación of the Tehuantepec Rebellion (1660–1661): Violence, Counter-Insurgency Prose and the Frontiers of Colonial Justice David Rojinsky Chapter 11. (The) Patria Besieged: Border-Crossing Paradoxes of National Identity in Cervantes’s Numancia Michael Armstrong Chapter 12. Border Crossing and Identity Consciousness in the Jews of Medieval Spain Mariano Gómez Aranda Chapter 13. Seven Theses Against Hispanism Eduardo Subirats Notes on contributors Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis The Weimar Republic (1918–1933) was a crucial moment not only in German history but also in the history of both crime fiction and criminal science. This study approaches the period from a unique perspective - investigating the most notorious criminals of the time and the public’s reaction to their crimes. The author argues that the development of a new type of crime fiction during this period - which turned literary tradition on its head by focusing on the criminal and abandoning faith in the powers of the rational detective - is intricately related to new ways of understanding criminality among professionals in the fields of law, criminology, and police science. Considering Weimar Germany not only as a culture in crisis (the standard view in both popular and scholarly studies), but also as a culture of crisis, the author explores the ways in which crime and crisis became the foundation of the Republic’s self-definition. An interdisciplinary cultural studies project, this book insightfully combines history, sociology, literary studies, and film studies to investigate a topic that cuts across all of these disciplines.Trade Review “Herzog’s book uses a wonderful array of texts, from films to crime fiction, and his arguments are provocative. While English, French, and US crime novelists placed detectives at the center of their tales, he reveals, their Weimar counterparts focused on the criminal.” · The Journal of Modern History “Herzog’s arguments are insightful and persuasive. This seminal book is a valuable contribution to the interdisciplinary field of German Studies and should be incortporated in courses on the Weimar Republic.” · Focus on German Studies “Convincingly argued, the book combines socio-historical, literary and media analyses for an astonishing and fascinating depiction of Weimar culture.” · European History QuarterlyTable of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction: Criminalistic Fantasy and the Culture of Crisis in Weimar Germany Chapter 1. Crime, Detection, and German Modernism Chapter 2. Writing Criminals: Outsiders of Society and the Modernist Case History Chapter 3. Understanding Criminals: The Cases of Ella Klein and Franz Biberkopf Chapter 4. Seeing Criminals: Mass Murder, Mass Culture, Mass Public Chapter 5. Tracking Criminals: The Cases of Peter Kürten, Franz Beckert, and Emil Tischbein Conclusion: Criminalistic Fantasy After Weimar Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis Cultural life in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) was strictly controlled by the ruling party, the SED, who attempted to dictate how people spent their free time by prohibiting privately organized leisure time pursuits and offering instead cultural activities in state institutions and organizations. By exploring the nature of dictatorial rule in the GDR and analysing the population’s engagement with state-organized cultural activity, this book challenges the current assumptions about the GDR’s social and institutional history that ignore the interaction and inter-dependence between ‘rulers’ and ‘ruled’. The author argues that the people’s cultural life in the GDR developed a dynamic of its own; it was determined by their own interests and by the input of cultural functionaries, who often aimed to satisfy popular demands, even if they were at odds with the SED’s cultural policy. Gradually, these developments affected SED cultural policy, which in the 1960s became less focused on educationalist goals and increasingly oriented towards popular interests.Trade Review ". this book's investigation of how culture worked at the local level adds to our understanding of the diversity within the East German system. In particular, its more nuanced view of cultural functionaries-the many types that existed and their personal motivations-offers a valuable contribution to current scholarship." · German History “Richthofen’s work conveys with empathy the complex choices that characterised life in the GDR. [This] astutely argued, thought-provoking study is a worthy addition to the increasingly impressive body of research on the social and cultural life of ordinary East Germans.” · English Historical Review “In providing a multi-actor model for analyzing one area of policy and practice in the GDR, this book is a valuable contribution not only to the literature on that state but also to the methodological considerations of institutional and social history and organizational studies…Its accessibility in terms of excellent writing and clear argumentation also make[s] it an excellent text for both undergraduate and graduate classes in history and political science classes about models of communication and policy making.” · Central European HistoryTable of Contents List of tables Abbreviations Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Nonconformity, Coercion and Alienation: the 1950s PART I: BENDING THE RULES WHILE UPHOLDING THE STRUCTURES: CULTURAL FUNCTIONARIES Chapter 3. Neither Puppets nor Opponents Chapter 4. Organising Culture: Compromise and Communication PART II: ATTEMPTED SELF-DETERMINATION - PURSUING AN INTEREST: THE PARTICIPANTS Chapter 5. Patterns of Participation Chapter 6. Communication with Cultural Functionaries PART III: FROM UTOPIANISM TO PRAGMATISM: CULTURAL POLICY Chapter 7. Responding to Developments at the Grassroots Chapter 8. From Art to Culture Chapter 9. Breakdown of Communication: the late 1970s and 1980s Chapter 10. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis Recent tensions between the U.S. and Europe seem to have opened up an insuperable rift, while Americanization, deplored by some, welcomed by others, seems to progress unabated. This volume explores, for the first time and in a comparative manner, the role American culture and anti-Americanism play in eleven representative European countries, including major powers like Great Britain, France, (West) Germany, Russia/Soviet Union, and Italy as well as smaller countries like Austria, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Sweden, and Poland. Each contributor to the volume, all of them highly respected experts in their field, was asked to address the following four topics: the role of American public diplomacy, the transfer of American “high culture,” the impact of “popular culture” ranging from Hollywood movies and TV to pop music and life-style issues, and the country specific features and history of anti-Americanism. The volume is enhanced by a substantial introduction by the editor, which looks both at the general “culture clash” between the United States and Europe and at adaptations and blending processes that seem to have occurred in individual countries.Trade Review “A welcome and timely addition to college and public library international studies shelves.” · The Midwest Book Review

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Book Synopsis The ongoing discussions about globalization, American hegemony and September 11 and its aftermath have moved the debate about the export of American culture and cultural anti-Americanism to center stage of world politics. At such a time, it is crucial to understand the process of culture transfer and its effects on local societies and their attitudes toward the United States. This volume presents Germany as a case study of the impact of American culture throughout a period characterized by a totalitarian system, two unusually destructive wars, massive ethnic cleansing, and economic disaster. Drawing on examples from history, culture studies, film, radio, and the arts, the authors explore the political and cultural parameters of Americanization and anti-Americanism, as reflected in the reception and rejection of American popular culture and, more generally, in European-American relations in the "American Century."Trade Review “This is a great book. Instead of simplifying the topic or getting lost in details, it presents a logical structure and a strong argument nuanced by local peculiarities… At best, an edited volume turns its reader overnight into an international expert in the field. Stephan's volume on the Americanization of as well as anti-Americanism in Europe since World War Two is such a book.” · H-Net “In many respects, all of the essays in this collection are individual gems…The various pieces contribute to a clearer understanding of the interactions between American culture and anti-Americanism in a European context. They also highlight the key roles played by the Vietnam War and Hollywood in both the acceptance and the rejection of American culture. Overall, this study is a very welcome addition to the literature on the American role in the wider process of globalization.” · European History Quarterly “Alexander Stephan’s well-edited collection of 15 essays dealing with anti-Americanism in a country where the U.S.’s standing was once high and has now dropped so sharply is indeed timely. The book may be helpful as well in searching for explanations of anti-Americanism in other countries, because it deals with so many aspects of this phenomenon, ranging from the political to the cultural.” · German QuarterlyTable of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Alexander Stephan PART I: THE POLITICS OF CULTURE Chapter 1. Anti-Americanism and Americanization Russell Berman Chapter 2. Counter-Americanism and Critical Currents in West German Reconstruction 1945-1960: The German Lesson Confronts the American Way of Life Michael Ermarth Chapter 3. Saigon, Nuremberg, and the West: German Images of America in the Late 1960s Bernd Greiner PART II: POPULAR CULTURE Chapter 4. Resisting Boogie-Woogie Culture, Abstract Expressionism, and Pop Art: German Highbrow Objections to the Import of "American" Forms of Culture, 1945-1965 Jost Hermand Chapter 5. From Nightmare to Model? Why German Broadcasting Became Americanized Kaspar Maase Chapter 6. Learning from America: Reconstructing "Race" in Postwar Germany Heide Fehrenbach PART III: FILM Chapter 7. Cinematic Americanization of the Holocaust in Germany: Whose Memory Is It? David Bathrick Chapter 8. Anti-Americanism and the Cold War: On the DEFA Berlin Films Sabine Hake Chapter 9. German Cinema Face to Face with Hollywood: Looking into a Two-Way Mirror Thomas Elsaesser PART IV: EUROPEAN AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES Chapter 10. Double Crossings: The Reciprocal Relationship between American and European Culture in the Twentieth Century Richard Pells Chapter 11. Anti-Americanism and Anti-Modernism in Europe: Old and Recent Versions Rob Kroes Chapter 12. California Blue: Americanization as Self-Americanization Winfried Fluck Chapter 13. Awkward Relations: American Perspectives on Europe, European Perspectives on America Volker R. Berghahn PART V: OUTLOOK Chapter 14. Crisis or Cooperation? The Transatlantic Relationship at a Watershed Karsten D. Voigt Chapter 15. Germans and Americans: Understanding and Managing Change Bowman H. Miller Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis After 1945, Jewish writing in German was almost unimaginable—and then only in reference to the Shoah. Only in the 1980s, after a period of mourning, silence, and processing of the trauma, did a new Jewish literature evolve in Germany and Austria. This volume focuses on the re-emergence of a lively Jewish cultural scene in the German-speaking countries and the various cultural forms of expression that have developed around it. Topics include current debates such as the emergence of a post-Waldheim Jewish discourse in Austria and Jewish responses to German unification and the Gulf wars. Other significant themes addressed are the memorialization of the Holocaust in Berlin and Vienna, the uses of Kafka in contemporary German literature, and the German and American-Jewish dialogue as representative of both the history of exile and the globalization of postmodern civilization. The volume is enhanced by contributions from some of the most significant representatives of German-Jewish writing today such as Esther Dischereit, Barbara Honigmann, Jeanette Lander, and Doron Rabinovici. The result is a lively dialogue between European and North American scholars and writers that captures the complexity and dynamism of Jewish culture in Germany and Austria at the turn of the twenty-first century.Trade Review “This incredibly useful and interesting book brings together contributions from scholars and writers who have been working on the dynamic changes in Austrian and German Jewish writing over the last few decades.” · H-Net, Habsburg “Without exception, all contributions constitute informative, well-researched and reasonably argued pieces of scholarship…thoughtfully conceived and carefully edited, adding up to an informative source book with a useful index of names and topics.” · German Studies Review "...it is an outstanding piece of scholarship, focusing on an important emerging topic within contemporary German literature." · Guy Stern, Distinguished Professor, Wayne State UniversityTable of Contents Introduction Dagmar Lorenz German-Jewish Writing and Culture Today Chapter 1. The Monster Returns: Golem Figures in the Writings of Benjamin Stein, Esther Dischereit, and Doron Rabinovici Cathy S. Gelbin Chapter 2. Hybridity, Intermarriage, and the (Negative) German-Jewish Symbiosis Petra Fachinger Chapter 3. A Political Tevye? Yiddish Literature and the Novels of Stefan Heym Richard Bodek Chapter 4. Anti-Semitism because of Auschwitz: An Introduction to the Works of Henryk M. Broder Roland Dollinger The Case of Austria Chapter 5. "What once was, will always be possible:" The Echoes of History in Robert Menasse’s Die Vertreibung aus der Hölle Margy Gerber Chapter 6. Austria’s Topography of Memory: Heldenplatz, Albertinaplatz, Judenplatz, and Beyond Eva Kuttenberg Chapter 7. The Global and the Local in Ruth Beckermann’s Films and Writings Hillary Hope Herzog Transatlantic Relationships Chapter 8. The Holocaust Survivor as Germanist: Ruth Kluger and Marcel Reich-Ranicki Benjamin Lapp Chapter 9. Transatlantic Solitudes: Canadian-Jewish and German-Jewish Writers in Dialogue with Kafka Iris Bruce Chapter 10. A German-Jewish-American Dialogue?: Literary Encounters Between German Jews and Americans in the 1990s Todd Herzog Jewish Writers in Germany and Austria Chapter 11. "Attempts To Read The World": An Interview with the Writer Barbara Honigmann Bettina Brandt Chapter 12. Behind the Tränenpalast Esther Dischereit Chapter 13. Germans Are Least Willing to Forgive those who Forgive Them: A Case Study of Myself Jeanette Lander Chapter 14. Mishmash und Mélange Doron Rabinovici Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis Why are we obsessed with calculating our selections? The author argues that competitive trade nurtures calculative reason, which provides the ground for most discourses on economy. But market descriptions of economy are incomplete. Drawing on a range of materials from small ethnographic contexts to global financial markets, the author shows that economy is dialectically made up of two value realms, termed mutuality and impersonal trade. One or the other may be dominant; however, market reason usually cascades into and debases the mutuality on which it depends. Using this cross-cultural model, the author explores mystifications of economic life, and explains how capital and derivatives can control an economy. The book offers a different conception of economic welfare, development, and freedom; it presents an approach for dealing with environmental devastation, and explains the growing inequalities of wealth within and between nations.Trade Review “[The author] does not shy away from this controversial aspect of his book; to the contrary, he asserts his stand in a forceful manner, but in a language that is marked by its remarkable clarity and absence of polemic. For the open-minded reader concerned with fundamental questions about notions of ‘economy’ and ‘value’, this book contains many thought-provoking ideas.” · New Political Economy “Gudeman’s model is thought provoking and his elaboration of it – in chapters focused on trade, money, property and other phenomena – is sophisticated. His conclusions might be said to reproduce anthropological (or at least substantivist) orthodoxy, to some extent, but his framing of this orthodoxy is original and important. Among other things, Gudeman accepts that economists’ models do, after all, have a certain relevance in most of the world, and not just in the “late capitalist” West. As a result, this suggests why economists and anthropologists might profit from having critical conversations that genuinely cut in both directions.” · Anthropology of this Century "As well as containing stimulating arguments interspersed with engaging ethnographic examples, this book is admirably lucid in style. Few other anthropologists have such a grasp of [economic] theory, and in the present work he illuminates not only the tension between community and market, but also that between anthropology and economics." · JRAI "A clear and compelling account of the symbiotic relationship between the market and the 'base' of mutual relationships that normally empower as well as constrain the market, the tension of the title. Stephen Gudeman convincingly argues the necessity of this tension, not only for economic sanity but for economic 'progress' as it is conventionally defined. This book is must reading for social scientists, particularly for economists." · Stephen Marglin, Harvard University, and author of The Dismal Science: How Thinking Like an Economist Undermines Community "The work represents a significant contribution by a distinguished economic anthropologist who has done much to shape the subdiscipline in recent decades. The author's command of economic theory and issues is impressive, perhaps greater than that of any anthropologist working in the area today." · Mark Moberg, University of South Alabama "This book is a breath of fresh air in the arid field of economics. It articulates a humane perspective on the economy with notions that matter for how we read the economic lives we are living. The book is a must for anyone who needs or wants to open the eyes for the full range of values that constitute economic processes. I learned a lot from the studying it." · Arjo Klamer, Erasmus University "Economy's Tension is a call for a cultural shift in the way we think about the economy. Gudeman focuses on the conflict between 'mutuality' and 'markets,' that is between the meaning humans seek in community and that embodied in the 'price fetishism' that underpins market rationality. But Gudeman's highly readable and intellectually broad account is much more than a post-Marxist cultural critique. He goes beyond the oft-heard critique of global neoliberalism to propose a deeper shift in economic thought. This book is an important cultural reading of twenty-first-century capitalism that will be of much interest to social scientists of all disciplines." · William Milberg, New School for Social Research "Gudeman makes a sterling effort in organising diverse concepts and theories into a coherent body of knowledge. In addition, the strength of the book lies in its elegant shifts between the general and particular. Highly abstract thoughts are tied to particular ethnographic examples that illustrate and explain the author's argument. This is a most successful strategy which helps the reader to understand thoughts which are far from trivial." · Durham Anthropology JournalTable of Contents Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Models, Mutuality and Trade Chapter 2. Exchange as Mutuality Chapter 3. Trade's Reason Chapter 4. Property and Base Chapter 5. Contingency or Necessity? The Dialectic of Practices Chapter 6. Making Money Chapter 7. Seeking a Balance Tables Table I: Dialectics in Economy Table II: Economic Processes Table III: Market Distribution Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis Collapsing concrete colossuses, run-down overgrown skeletons, immutable architectural misfits: the outcasts from our built environment, which we are dying to dispose of — and yet cannot do without — have inspired many ghost stories, crime novels and urban legends. Such narratives reveal the significance of architectural eyesores for the people who live or work in or near them. After exploring various approaches to building lives and deaths, the author presents a rich variety of undesired edifices in Germany, Hungary, Austria and Bosnia-Herzegovina and investigates the different methods used to dispose of them: eliminating, damaging, transforming or ‘reframing’ them, abandoning them to progressive dilapidation or virtually rejecting them. Discarding an edifice, however, need not bring its social life to an end. This analysis continues with a reflection on the afterlife of unwanted buildings, and concludes with a discussion on the life expectancy of buildings, their multi-sensory materiality and ‘thingly’ agency.Trade Review “Indispensable Eyesores suggests many new ways to think about human relationships with the built environment and more critically understand not only what buildings mean but also how they mean. It also promises to challenge and inspire productive debate and encourage much fruitful research.” · Current AnthropologyTable of Contents List of Illustrations Foreword Chapter 1. Dragons, Tunnels, Gold and Russians: Narrative Introductions into the Bowels of ‘Corrupt’ Architecture Chapter 2. Between Pragmatic Clearance and Pure Iconoclasm: Theoretical Perspectives on the Life and Death of Undesired Buildings Chapter 3. 13 May 2001, 8.01 A.M. – 1 Building, 20,000 People and 450 Kilograms of Explosives: The Elimination of the Kaiserbau in Troisdorf as a Secular Sacrifice Chapter 4. Witnessing Urbicide: Contested Destruction in Sarajevo Chapter 5. From Nuclear Waste to a Temple of Consumerism: The Recuperation and Neutralization of the Ex-would-be Nuclear Power Plant in Kalkar Chapter 6. Consuming the ‘Platte’ in East Berlin: The Revaluation of Former GDR Architecture Chapter 7. If Not Clearing, Then At Least Thinking Them Away: The Significance of Unrealized Proposals and the Viennese Flaktürme Chapter 8. ‘L’ like ‘Left to Its Own Devices’: The Progressive Dilapidation of the Kulturhaus in Zinnowitz Chapter 9. Exorcizing Remains: Architectural Fragments as Intermediaries between History and Individual Experience Chapter 10. In Fond Memory of a Rejected Edifice: Reaffirming Agency by Rehabilitating Vanished Eyesores Chapter 11. Eyesores Are Indispensable: Concluding Remarks Epilogue: Taboos on the Multi-Sensory Materiality of Buildings and Their Agency Notes Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis Judith Kapferer and her collaborators present an insightful volume that interrogates relations between the state and the arts in diverse national and cultural settings. The authors critique the taken-for-granted assumption about the place of the arts in liberal or social democratic states and the role of the arts in supporting or opposing the ideological work of government and non-government institutions. This innovative volume explores the challenges posed by the state to the arts and by the arts to the state, focusing on several transformations of the interrelations between state and commercial arts policies in the current era. These ongoing challenges include the control of repressive tolerance, complicity with and resistance to state power, and the commoditization of the arts, including their accommodation to market and state apparatuses. While endeavouring to avoid the currently dominant pragmatic and didactic priorities of officialdom, the contributors tackle social and cultural policy and practice in the arts as well as connections between national states and dissenting art from a range of genres.Table of Contents Introduction: Art, Artists and the Arts: Political Aesthetics and State Power Judith Kapferer Chapter 1. Public Art in a Multicultural Society Henri Beunders Chapter 2. Contesting Authenticity: Cultural Politics and Singapore Theatre Terence Chong Chapter 3. Hijacking Cultural Policies Marina Fokidis Chapter 4. Performing Tradition: The Poetic Politics of Indigenous Australian Festivals Rosita Henry Chapter 5. Urban Design and State Power: City Spaces and the Public Sphere Judith Kapferer Chapter 6. Self and the City – the Politics of Monuments Karen Kipphoff Chapter 7. The Culture Industries: Symbolic Economy and Critical Practice Malcolm Miles Chapter 8. The Arts, the State and the EU Monica Sassatelli Chapter 9. Political Art, Cultural Policy and Artistic Agency Jeremy Valentine Chapter 10. Aesthetics, Personhood and Shifting German Regimes Inge-Elin Øye Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis Indigenous museums and cultural centres have sprung up across the developing world, and particularly in the Southwest Pacific. They derive from a number of motives, ranging from the commercial to the cultural political (and many combine both). A close study of this phenomenon is not only valuable for museological practice but, as has been argued, it may challenge our current bedrock assumptions about the very nature and purpose of the museum. This book looks to the future of museum practice through examining how museums have evolved particularly in the non-western world to incorporate the present and the future in the display of culture. Of particular concern is the uses to which historic records are put in the service of community development and cultural renaissance.Trade Review “…the most thorough examination to date of museums in the south-west Pacific…The book should serve as a valuable resource for museum studies students, academics, historians, museum professionals and development agencies interested in museums and the cultural heritage of Indigenous people in the south-west Pacific.” · RecollectionsTable of Contents List of Figures Editorial Preface by Hirini Mead Introduction: Indigeneity and Museum Practice in the Southwest Pacific Nick Stanley PART I: ISLAND MELANESIA Chapter 1. Resourcing Change: Fieldworkers, the Women’s Culture Project and the Vanuatu Cultural Centre Lissant Bolton Chapter 2. The Future of Indigenous Museums: The Solomon Islands Case Lawrence Foana‘ota Chapter 3. Dangerous Heritage: Southern New Ireland, the Museum and the Display of the Past Sean Kingston Chapter 4. Memory, Violence and Representation in the Tjibaou Cultural Centre, New Caledonia Diane Losche Chapter 5. Tourism and Indigenous Curation of Culture in Lifou, New Caledonia Tate LeFevre PART II: NORTHERN AUSTRALIA Chapter 6. The Journey of the Stars: Gab Titui, a Cultural Centre for the Torres Strait Anita Herle, Jude Philp and Leilani Bin Juda Chapter 7. ‘Quite Another World of Aboriginal Life’: Indigenous People in an Evolving Museumscape Eric Venbrux PART III: NEW GUINEA Chapter 8. The Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery as a Modern Haus Tumbuna Sebastian Haraha Chapter 9. Moving the Centre: Christianity, the Longhouse and the Gogodala Cultural Centre Alison Dundon Chapter 10. Indigenous Responses to Political and Economic Challenges: the Babek Bema Yoma at Teptep, Papua New Guinea Christin Kocher Schmid Chapter 11. Can Museums become Indigenous? The Asmat Museum of Culture and Progress and Contemporary Papua Nick Stanley PART IV: REFLECTIONS ON THE FUTURE OF INDIGENOUS MUSEUMS Chapter 12. The Transformation of Cultural Centres in Papua New Guinea Robert L. Welsch Chapter 13. The Theoretical Future of Indigenous Museums: Concept and Practice Christina Kreps Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis Concerned with contemporary notions of personhood and the relationship between persons and places, this book, presents a detailed insight into the Vanua Lavan’s engagement with modernity, and examines how they relate to the past, make sense of the present and anticipate the future. Marilyn Strathern's claim that the Melanesian person is a dividual by and large holds for the Vanua Lavan person. But Vanua Lavans have also been exposed to, and creatively engaged with, what can be summarised under the term ‘Western individualism’. The author draws together several themes, discourses and conversations which concern Vanuatu specifically, the Pacific as a wider geographic area but also theoretical fields in anthropology: the relevance and expressions of sociality through kinship, concepts of person, issues about land and cosmology, the kastom debate, and questions about continuity and change. In doing so she provides a snapshot of contemporary notions of personhood.Trade Review “…the book’s most admirable qualities are evident when Hess allows her ethnographic description to develop, in the attention she gives to vernacular narrative and linguistic analysis, and in the commitment that she gives to engaging with Vanua-Lavan sociality within a flux of historical change.” · JRAITable of Contents List of illustrations List of tables, figures, maps List of abbreviations Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. Sociality: ideas, ideals and practice Chapter 2. Person Chapter 3. Life cycles Chapter 4. Being in place Chapter 5. Talking about place Chapter 6. Church and kastom: an old couple Conclusion Bibliography Appendices Index

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Book Synopsis The history of postwar German cinema has most often been told as a story of failure, a failure paradoxically epitomized by the remarkable popularity of film throughout the late 1940s and 1950s. Through the analysis of 10 representative films, Hester Baer reassesses this period, looking in particular at how the attempt to ‘dismantle the dream factory’ of Nazi entertainment cinema resulted in a new cinematic language which developed as a result of the changing audience demographic. In an era when female viewers comprised 70 per cent of cinema audiences a ‘women’s cinema’ emerged, which sought to appeal to female spectators through its genres, star choices, stories and formal conventions. In addition to analyzing the formal language and narrative content of these films, Baer uses a wide array of other sources to reconstruct the original context of their reception, including promotional and publicity materials, film programs, censorship documents, reviews and spreads in fan magazines. This book presents a new take on an essential period, which saw the rebirth of German cinema after its thorough delegitimization under the Nazi regime.Trade Review “…[a] fascinating study…[that] makes a major contribution to a burgeoning field dedicated to the investigation of what was once dismissed.” · Monatshefte “...makes a significant and original contribution, is well researched as well as written, and would lend itself conveniently to the teaching of any of these films…[It] bring[s] to bear theories from Anglo-American film studies as well as German cultural studies and history. The result is a felicitous mixture of theory, cultural-historical context, and informed film readings.” · Jaimey Fisher, University of California, DavisTable of Contents Figures Acknowledgments Introduction: Postwar German Cinema Chapter 1. The Female Gaze in The Murderers Are Among Us Chapter 2. Authorship and Stardom in Film Without a Title Chapter 3. Love ’47 as Woman’s Film Chapter 4. Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Epilogue Chapter 5. Regendering Representation in The Sinner Chapter 6. Visual Pleasure and Cinematic Realism in The Forester of the Silver Wood Chapter 7. Gender and Sexuality in Different From You and Me Chapter 8. Spectatorship and Genre in Engagement in Zurich Chapter 9. Critical Strategies of The Girl Rosemarie Chapter 10. The Bread of Those Early Years as Transitional Film Epilogue: Adapting the 1950s Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis The relationship between anthropologists’ ethnographic investigations and the lived social worlds in which these originate is a fundamental issue for anthropology. Where some claim that only native voices may offer authentic accounts of culture and hence that ethnographers are only ever interpreters of it, others point out that anthropologists are, themselves, implanted within specific cultural contexts which generate particular kinds of theoretical discussions. The contributors to this volume reject the premise that ethnographer and informant occupy different and incommensurable “cultural worlds.” Instead they investigate the relationship between culture, context, and anthropologists’ models and accounts in new ways. In doing so, they offer fresh insights into this key area of anthropological research.Trade Review "an important and very interesting contribution to, first of all, critical and reflexive anthropology…Every chapter offers fresh insights into a key area of critical anthropology. Undoubtedly, the volume is very well organized, thoroughly substantiated, and interestingly written. I believe that the reviewed collection of articles is a distinguished, very useful, and sometimes provocative reading for all scholars concerned with a critical approach to social science and especially to social anthropology" · AnthroposTable of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction: Culture, context and anthropologists’ accounts Deborah James and Christina Toren Chapter 1. Alliances And Avoidance: British Interactions with German-Speaking Anthropologists, 1933–1953 Andre Gingrich Chapter 2. Serving the Volk? Afrikaner anthropology revisited John Sharp Chapter 3. ‘Making Natives’: debating indigeneity in Canada and South Africa Evie Plaice Chapter 4. Culture in the Periphery: Anthropology in the Shadow of Greek Civilisation Dimitra Gefou-Madianou Chapter 5. Culture: the Indigenous Account Alan Barnard Chapter 6. We are All Indigenous Now: Culture vs. Nature in representations of the Balkans Aleksandar Bošković Chapter 7. Which cultures, what contexts, and whose accounts? Anatomies of a moral panic in Southall, multi-ethnic London Gerd Baumann Chapter 8. “What about White People’s History?” Class, Race and Culture Wars in 21st Century Britain Gillian Evans Chapter 9. A Cosmopolitan Anthropology? Stephen Gudeman Chapter 10. The door in the middle: six conditions for anthropology João de Pina-Cabral Chapter 11. Adam Kuper: An Anthropologist’s Account Isak Niehaus Notes on Contributors References Index

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