The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Geographies

by Julie Wilson (Editor)

Overview

Following an increase in attention to lifestyle-related mobility and the use, creation and (re)presentation of space and place, the geographical analysis of tourism activity is being advanced. In terms of human geography, the ‘cultural’ turn has led to fresh examination of existing debates and has advanced new theoretical ideas in cultural geography pertinent to tourism studies. New Perspectives in Tourism Geography seeks to examine such recent developments by providing a state of the art review in the field of tourism geographies internationally, documenting advances in research and evaluating different perspectives, themes and regional differences.

This volume provides a fresh examination of existing debates by considering disciplinary changes in geography in the context of tourism, in particular, culture and space in terms of encounter, embodiment, [inter]subjectivities, lifestyle and identity, as well as the spatial turn in social sciences more generally. It also looks at how other approaches such as critical, feminist, Marxist and behaviouralist have diversified research in the tourism geographies field. In addition it highlights areas for further research and maps out the dimensions of future advances in the field in different disciplinary, regional and thematic contexts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415568579
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/20/2011
Series:	Advances in Tourism Series
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Julie Wilson is Associate Dean for Research and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC), and the current Chair of the Tourism, Leisure and Global Change Commission of the International Geographical Union (IGU). Her research interests focus on the analysis of tourism impacts and the socio-spatial transformation of urban/rural landscapes, the role of culture and creativity in the generation of new forms of sustainability in tourism, geographies of the platform economy and evolutionary economic geography as interpretative frameworks for sustainable tourism topics.

Dieter K. Müller is Professor of Human Geography, Umeå University Sweden and a former Chair of the IGU Commission of Tourism, Leisure and Global Change. His research addresses the geographies of second homes and the relationship between tourism and regional change in northern peripheries. Furthermore he has an interest in the institutional development of tourism geographies.

Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: Aproaching Tourism Geographies 1. The Cultural Turn in Geography and Tourism 2. Poststructuralism 3. Gender 4. Queering Geographies of Tourism 5. Performativity 6. Postcolonialism 7. Mobilities Part 2: Themes in Tourism Geographies 8. Tourism and the Cultures of Places 9. Lifestyle Migration 10. Environment 11. Rural 12. Creativity 13. Historical 14. Sensuous Geographies 15. Development 16. Urban 17. Time Geography and Tourism 18. Place and Tourism 19. Landscape 20. GIS 21. Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

Twelve years after the first Handbook, leading researchers from around the world have compiled an impressive update on research trends in tourism geographies. Key geographical concepts such as space, place, environment, sustainability and mobility provide a powerful framework for examining a wide range of issues related to tourism. The innovative and comprehensive approach will help us to imagine a more diverse, socially and environmentally just world of tourism.”

Professor Carolin Funck, Hiroshima University, Japan

“Global travel is radically affecting places, people and ecosystems. The new Handbook is not just an update of the original text from 2012, but a comprehensive and much-needed sequel which provides critically evocative perspectives on tourism-related transformations in the Anthropocene. The editors have curated a compelling collection of original and theoretically novel contributions to uncover the contemporary geographies of tourism and mobilities. This is a much welcome volume pushing the boundaries of tourism social science.”

Dr. Szilvia Gyimóthy, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

“This new Handbook of Tourism Geographies delivers a rich, authoritative collection of cutting-edge chapters by leading authors in the field. It provides a contemporary perspective on the development and future of the field and is a must have reference book for researchers, teachers and students of tourism geographies. It will become a classic in its field.”

Professor Chris Cooper, School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Leeds Beckett University, UK

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