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Book SynopsisRethinking the Anthropology of Love and Tourism is a comprehensive analysis of love and tourism. Sagar Singh draws on anthropology, sociology, psychology, history, religious studies, study of mysticism, and literature, among other disciplines, to arrive at an understanding of love that is free from theoretical biases. Utilizing data from South Asia, India, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Europe, Singh offers many new definitions of tourism, tourism anthropology, tourism studies, and ecotourism. This book is an indispensable guide to all involved in the study of tourism anthropology, psychology, sociology, economics and marketing.
Trade Review“In Rethinking the Anthropology of Love and Tourism the range and depth of Singh’s approach is like a breath of fresh air. His view that tourism is really all about a search for affective meaning in life calls into question tendencies to concentrate solely on economic strategies. The focus on India as a crucible of civilization, known for its spirituality and tradition, is stimulating. It is placed firmly against the context of more traditional studies of Western culture, revealing a whole new dimension of tourism ideas through the interaction of the two.” -- Alan Machin, senior lecturer emeritus, Leeds Beckett University
"Rethinking the Anthropology of Love and Tourism explores the relationship of love in its universal and sublime form with tourism as a phenomenon. Managing tourism at the level of destination with its cultural, economic, and ecological impacts must now be viewed through the prism of the love that transcends its conventional confines of either sensual or spiritual. Singh has produced an engrossing and enticing, yet provocative, piece of tourism literature.” -- Amitabh Upadhya, Skyline University College
Table of ContentsChapter 1: The Study of Tourism and Love: Knowledge, Forms, Types, and Heritage Chapter 2: The Theory of Needs, Love and Tourism Chapter 3: Spirituality and Tourism: The Core of Love, Affect and Travel Chapter 4: Love Expression and Special Interest Tourism Chapter 5: Love of Nature and Tourism: The Dialectics of Ecology Chapter 6: Love, Social Structure, Recreational Mobility, and Tourism Chapter 7: Love, Heritage and Tourism Chapter 8: Love and Economic Processes in Tourism
