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Official Tourism Websites : a Discourse Analysis Perspective.

Investigates the construction and promotion of identity of tourist locales by the designers of the official websites for destinations such as Santiago de Compostela, Spain; the Baltic states of Latvia and Estonia; New Orleans, Louisiana and Gary, Indiana; Myanmar/Burma; and, US Sports Halls of Fame.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hallett, Rick
Otros Autores: Kaplan-Weinger, Judith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Clevedon : Multilingual Matters, 2010.
Colección:Tourism and Cultural Change, No. 23
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Identity and the World Wide Web: Methods of Analysis; Chapter 3 Narrative of the Nation: Baltic Tourism Websites in the Post-Soviet Context; Chapter 4 The Tourist as Pilgrim, the Pilgrim as Tourist: Santiago de Compostela; Chapter 5 Rebirth of an American City: New Orleans, Louisiana; Chapter 6 '100 Years ... Steel Strong': Forging an Identity for Gary, Indiana; Chapter 7 The Tourist as Patriot: Sports and Nationalism.
  • Chapter 8 Balancing Promotion and Warning in the Construction of National Identity in Travel Guides: The Case of Myanmar/BurmaChapter 9 Constructing Self versus Other in Parodic Travel Guides; Chapter 10 Conclusion: On Tourism, Identity and the World Wide Web; References; Index.