The Tourists Gaze, The Cretans Glance

Archaeology and Tourism on a Greek Island

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Archaeology
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Author: Philip Duke ISBN: 9781315416915
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: July 1, 2016
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Philip Duke
ISBN: 9781315416915
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: July 1, 2016
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

As researchers bring their analytic skills to bear on contemporary archaeological tourism, they find that it is as much about the present as the past. Philip Duke’s study of tourists gazing at the remains of Bronze Age Crete highlights this nexus between past and present, between exotic and mundane. Using personal diaries, ethnographic interviews, site guidebooks, and tourist brochures, Duke helps us understand the impact that archaeological sites, museums and the constructed past have on tourists’ view of their own culture, how it legitimizes class inequality at home as well as on the island of Crete, both Minoan and modern.

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As researchers bring their analytic skills to bear on contemporary archaeological tourism, they find that it is as much about the present as the past. Philip Duke’s study of tourists gazing at the remains of Bronze Age Crete highlights this nexus between past and present, between exotic and mundane. Using personal diaries, ethnographic interviews, site guidebooks, and tourist brochures, Duke helps us understand the impact that archaeological sites, museums and the constructed past have on tourists’ view of their own culture, how it legitimizes class inequality at home as well as on the island of Crete, both Minoan and modern.

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