Smooth Sailing: An Ethnographic and Socio-Semiotic Analysis of Tourism and Ocean Cruising (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789004506275)

Written in an accessible style, with many photographs of important tourist sites and drawings by the author, Smooth Sailing provides an ethnographically informed introduction to the nature of tourism and an important aspect of tourism, ocean cruising. The book discusses topics such as the nature of tourism, different kinds of tourists, the role that myths play in tourism, gratifications from tourism, and travel as a means of personal transformation. It also deals with ocean cruising and considers the notion that cruises are boring, social class and cruising, cruising and addiction, and cruising and the psyche.

Author: Arthur Asa Berger
ISBN-10: 9004506276
ISBN-13: 9789004506275
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 04/28/2022
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.30d