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Religion and tourism : crossroads, destinations and encounters /
This book explores the dynamic interaction between religion and tourism in the modern world. It considers questions such as:do travellers leave their religion at home when they are touring - and what happens if not? what are the relationships between tourism and pilgrimage?what happens to religious...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Religion and Tourism; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Historical developments; Global agencies and disputed effects; Defining tourism; Two negotiated categories; Religion in Tourism Studies and tourism in the Study of Religion(s); Shared concerns and mutual relationships; From affinities to interfaces; Religious tourism and religion in tourism; Part I: Crossroads; 1. Affinities; Tourism and pilgrimage; Tourism as a modern functional substitute for traditional religion; Tourist attractions as sacred places of national religion; The changing faces of tourism.
- From modernity to post-modernity2. Interfaces; Religious people on travel; Tourist churches and parishes; Responses by religious and other public institutions/organizations; Preferences and values; Secularizing effects on host communities?; Recovering homelands (diaspora tourism); 3. Pilgrimages and tourism: ideal types and conflations; Classification and the negotiation of experiences; The popularity of pilgrimages; Modern (re)invention of pilgrimages; Blurred boundaries and the touristification of pilgrimages.
- Tourism in pilgrimage arenas: two case studies of dispute, accommodation and resistancePart II: Destinations; 4. Religious sites and places; Religious sites as tourist attractions; Emerging religious involvement; Threats to sacred places and management challenges; Minority attractions and religious self-representation; The UNESCO World Heritage List: a global canon of tourist sites; Power places; Contests and negotiations; 5. Tourist spaces; Museums; Theme parks; Destination myth; Island paradises; Wellness, retreats and spas; Part III: Encounters; 6. Exposures; Indigenous people.
- Folk villages/cultural parksReligious communities on display; Faith tourism; Shaman tourism; 7. Performances; Rituals; Worship; Religious variety shows; Dances; Holidays and festivals; 8. Mediations; Guides; Guidebooks; The internet; Souvenirs; 9. Terminal reflections; Consumption; Mobility; Globalization; The popularization of religion; Notes; References; Index.