Title & Author:

Souvenirs : the material culture of tourism / edited by Michael Hitchcock, Ken Teague.

Publication:

Description:

xvii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Series:

University of North London voices in development management

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Michael Hitchcock -- Souvenirs with Soul: 800 Years of Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela / Michael Houlihan -- Tourism and Material Culture in Turkey / Jennifer Scarce -- Reproducing India: International Exhibitions and Victorian Tourism / Nicky Levell -- From Earliest Contacts: An Examination of Inuit and Aleut Art in Scottish Collections / Briony Crozier -- Exotic Souvenirs of the Travelling Surrealists / Louise Tythacott -- Women's Suffrage Souvenirs / Katherine Bradley -- 'Souvenir-gifts' as Tokens of Filial Esteem: The Meanings of Blackpool Souvenirs / Gerald Mars and Valerie Mars -- Transformations of the Tourist and Souvenir: The Travels and Collections of Philla Davis / Andrew West -- Contemporary Crafts as Souvenirs, Artefacts and Functional Goods and their Role in Local Economic Diversification and Cultural Development / Graeme Evans -- Tourism and Ainu Identity, Hokkaido, Northern Japan / Jane Wilkinson -- Awaji Ningyo: Its Changing Role Within a Local, National and International Community / Jennifer Verlini -- Stealing Souls for Souvenirs: Or Why Tourists Want 'the Real Thing' / Stephanie Bunn -- Tourist Markets and Himalayan Craftsmen / Ken Teague -- Ceramic Arts of Peru and Ecuador: Echoes of the Prehispanic Past and Influences of the Tourist Present / George Bankes -- Souvenirs from Kambot (Papua New Guinea): The Sacred Search for Authenticity / Roberta Colombo Dougoud -- Souvenirs, Ethics and Aesthetics: Some Contemporary Dilemmas in the South Pacific / Nick Stanley -- Kente Connections: The Role of the Internet in Developing an Economic Base for Ghana / Margaret Grieco -- Dalecarlian Masques: One Souvenir's Many Voices / Monica Hanefors and Tom Selwyn -- The 'Whimsey': A Part of American and Canadian Victoriana / Ian West.

Summary:

The production and consumption of souvenirs for sale to tourists involves varied exchanges between diverse groups of makers and sellers. Communication within tourism often involves the transformation of symbolic codes. Makers of souvenirs strive to meet popular expectations, adapting existing genres and creating entirely new ones. Many of the goods made for tourists are produced using simple processes: the input is modest and the output is high. It is wrong to assume that all goods made for tourists are shoddy; many souvenirs are made by skilled craftsmen and women who have simply adapted old products to suit new markets. This volume addresses contemporary business and developmental themes and explores the resurgence of handcrafted products in the context of the information super-highway. Souvenirs are integral to the material culture of identity and memory and are subject to reinterpretation and re-evaluation. The book explores the apparent ambiguity of how souvenirs, often seen as bastardised products of the post-industrial age, may become tomorrow's art. [publisher].

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0754610551
9780754610557

Subject:

Souvenirs (Keepsakes)
Tourism and art.
Tourism Social aspects.
Souvenirs (Objets)
Tourisme et art.
memorabilia.
76.60 entertainment, tourism: general.
71.56 material culture (sociology)
Toeristen.
Souvenirs.
Statussymbolen.
Authenticiteit.
Artes (aspectos sociais)
Turismo (aspectos sociais)
Cultura material.
souvenirs
toeristische attracties
tourist attractions
handenarbeid
handicrafts
besteding van toerist
tourist expenditure
toerisme
tourism
toeristenindustrie
tourist industry
populaire cultuur
popular culture
Tourism
Cultural Sociology
Toerisme
Cultuursociologie

Form/genre:

Souvenirs (Keepsakes)

Added entries:

Hitchcock, Michael.
Teague, Ken.
University of North London voices in development management.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 222306
Call No.: GT5288 .S6 2000
Status: Available