Essays about: "the Tourist Gaze"

Showing result 11 - 14 of 14 essays containing the words the Tourist Gaze.

  1. 11. Construction of community in Northern Värmland : a study of local people’s experiences of outdoor life and nature tourism

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Elvira Forsström; [2017]
    Keywords : community; tourist gaze; nature tourism; Värmland;

    Abstract : This master’s thesis in rural development explores how local inhabitants perceive tourism and how it is included in their sense of community. How people use narratives and activities to make meanings of their community is in the centre of attention. The fieldwork took place in the areas around Sysslebäck, situated in northern Värmland. READ MORE

  3. 12. Cultural Gaze? - Understanding Japanese and German Perceptions of Kiruna as a Tourist Destination (Applying Volunteer Employed Photography)

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Kulturgeografi

    Author : Tomoya Suzuki; [2015]
    Keywords : Tourism; Photography; Volunteer-Employed Photography VEP ; Tourist Gaze; Hermeneutic Circle; Culture; Nationality; Northern Sweden;

    Abstract : Photography and tourism have been developing in parallel with each other and leaving memories of the trip in photographs still remains as a significant part of traveling today. Tourist photograph is an effective tool to display the way tourists see the destination they visited. READ MORE

  4. 13. Desirability, Values and Ideology in CNN Travel -- Discourse Analysis on Travel Stories

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Emmi Laine; [2013]
    Keywords : CNN Travel; travel journalism; online journalism; qualitative discourse analysis; Norman Fairclough´s model of evaluation; representation; values; ideology; power; Antonio Grasmci; hegemony; Michel Foucault; the regime of truth; consumerism; John Urry; the tourist gaze; Edward Said; othering.;

    Abstract : Title: Values, Desirability and Ideology in CNN Travel -- a Discourse Analysis on Travel Stories Author: Emmi Laine Course: Journalistikvetenskap, Kandidatkurs, H13 J Kand (Bachelor of Journalism, Fall 2013), JMK, Stockholm University, Sweden Aim: The aim is to examine which values and ideologies CNN Travel fulfills in their stories. Method: Qualitative discourse analysis. READ MORE

  5. 14. Images of China : An Empirical Study of Western Tourist Material

    University essay from Institutionen för ekonomi och it

    Author : Ying Sun; Bin Yu; [2012]
    Keywords : Images of China; Western Tourist Material; the Tourist Gaze; Stereotypes; Orientalist ideas;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to explore and describe the images of China in the Western tourist material. There is much literature talking about images of China; however, among the existing scholarship so far few have investigated from the angle as we do. READ MORE