Main entry:

Davis, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1948-

Title & Author:

Venice, the tourist maze : a cultural critique of the world's most touristed city / Robert C. Davis and Garry R. Marvin.

Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.

Description:

xi, 360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-344) and index.
Introduction: The City Built on the Sea -- Timescape -- Pilgrims' Rest -- Strumpets and Trumps -- Landscape -- The Heart of the Matter -- Lost in the Labyrinth -- Contested Ground -- Seascape -- The Floating Signifier -- Behind the Stage -- Dangerous Waters -- Worldscape -- Restoration Comedies -- Ships and Fools -- Taking It All Home -- Afterword: Chi ciapa schei xe contento.

Summary:

Venice is viewed from a new perspective, offers a heady, one-city tour of tourism itself. Conducting readers from the beginnings of Venetian tourism in the late Middle Ages to its emergence as a form of mass entertainment in our time, the authors explore what happens when industrial tourism collides with an ancient fragil culture.

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ISBN:

0520238036 (alk. paper)
9780520238039 (alk. paper)
0520241207 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780520241206 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Travelers Italy Venice.
Tourism Italy Venice History.
Travelers Italy Venice History.
Tourism Social aspects.
Voyageurs Italie Venise Histoire.
Tourisme Italie Venise Histoire.
Tourisme Aspect social.
Voyageurs Italie Venise.
Tourism
Travel
Travelers
Tourismus
Toerisme.
Tourisme Italie Venise (Italie) Histoire.
Venice (Italy) Description and travel.
Venise (Italie) Descriptions et voyages.
Italy Venice
Venedig

Form/genre:

Ebook.
History

Added entries:

Marvin, Garry.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 232192
Call No.: DG674.2 .D34 2004
Status: Available