Wang N. Tourism and Modernity. A Sociological Analysis

Pergamon, 2000. — 280 p.
An imprint of Elsevier Science
Amsterdam - Lausanne - New York - Oxford - Shannon - Singapore - TokyoThe books in this Tourism Social Science Series (TSSSeries) are intended to systematically and cumulatively contribute to the formation, embodiment, and advancement of knowledge in the field of tourism.
The TSSSeries' multidisciplinary framework and treatment of tourism includes application of theoretical, methodological, and substantive contributions from such fields as anthropology, business administration, ecology, economics, geography, history, hospitality, leisure, planning, political science, psychology, recreation, religion, sociology, transportation, etc., but it significantly favors state-of-theart presentations, works featuring new directions, and especially the cross-fertilization of perspectives beyond each of these singular fields. While the development and production of this book series is fashioned after the successful model of
Annals of Tourism Research, the TSSSeries further aspires to assure each theme a comprehensiveness possible only in book-length academic treatment. Each volume in the series is intended to deal with a particular aspect of this increasingly important subject, thus to play a definitive role in the enlarging and strengthening of the foundation of knowledge in the field of tourism, and consequently to expand its frontiers into the new research and scholarship horizons ahead.PrefanceContextualizing tourism
Logos-modernity, Eros-modernity, and Tourism
Modernity, Tourism and motivations
Overview of Part Two
Modernity and the Tourism of Authenticity
Modernity and Nature Tourism
Modernity and Holiday-Making
Modernity and International Tourism
Modernity, Tourism and seduction
Overview of Part Three
The Lure of Images
The Lure of Discourse
The Lure of Consumption
The Lure of Sign ValueAuthor Index
Subject Index