Dean Maccannell: 2 books
by Dean MacCannell
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2011
Is travel inherently beneficial to human character? Does it automatically educate and enlighten while also promoting tolerance, peace, and understanding? In this challenging book, Dean MacCannell identifies and overcomes common obstacles to ethical sightseeing. Through his unique combination of personal...
Empty Meeting Grounds
The Tourist Papers
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
Empty Meeting Grounds continues Dean MacCannell's search for the cultural subject that is about to emerge from the encounter of the ex-primitive and the post-modern. It contains fascinating chapters on `Cannibal Tours', `The Desire to be Postmodern', the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C., the Statue of Liberty Restoration Project and the urbanization of Yosemite Park.