The Tourist: A New Theory of the Leisure Class
Long regarded as a classic, The Tourist is an examination of the phenomenon of tourism through a social theory lens that encompasses discussions of authenticity, high and low culture, and the construction of social reality. It brings the concerns of social science to an analysis of travel and sightseeing in the postindustrial age, during which the middle class acquired leisure time for international travel. This edition includes a new foreword by Lucy R. Lippard and a new afterword by the...
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"Nothing short of brilliant."—Lewis Coser New York Times Book Review The Tourist is one of those books that can be best enjoyed for its heuristic value, for the questions it raises as much as for the answers it offers.
ForewordIntroduction to the 1989 EditionAcknowledgments1Modernity and the Production of Touristic Experiences172Sightseeing and Social Structure393The Paris Case: Origins of Alienated Leisure574The Other Attractions775Staged Authenticity916A Semiotic of Attraction1097The Ethnomethodology of Sightseers1358Structure, Genuine and Spurious1459On Theory, Methods and Application161Epilogue189Notes205Index221
\ New York Times Book ReviewThe Tourist is one of those books that can be best enjoyed for its heuristic value, for the questions it raises as much as for the answers it offers.\ \
