Tourists at the Taj

Performance and Meaning at a Symbolic Site

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
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Author: Tim Edensor ISBN: 9781134705498
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: January 28, 2008
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Tim Edensor
ISBN: 9781134705498
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: January 28, 2008
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Clearly written and fascinatingly illustrated, Tourists at the Taj describes the conflicting narratives which surround the site. For some the Taj is an evocative symbol of the colonial past. For others it is a symbolic centre of Islamic power. For many of the thousands of tourists that visit it each year it is simply a monument of love.
The author shows how tourism can be seen as a performance and the tourist site as a stage on which tourists are directed and rehearsed but also able to improvise their own cultural rituals.

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Clearly written and fascinatingly illustrated, Tourists at the Taj describes the conflicting narratives which surround the site. For some the Taj is an evocative symbol of the colonial past. For others it is a symbolic centre of Islamic power. For many of the thousands of tourists that visit it each year it is simply a monument of love.
The author shows how tourism can be seen as a performance and the tourist site as a stage on which tourists are directed and rehearsed but also able to improvise their own cultural rituals.

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