Tourists at the Taj : performance and meaning at a symbolic site / Tim Edensor.

Main entry:

Edensor, Tim, 1957-

Title & Author:

Tourists at the Taj : performance and meaning at a symbolic site / Tim Edensor.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Description:

ix, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Series:

International library of sociology

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-214) and indexes.
1. Constructing tourist space -- 2. The regulation of tourist space -- 3. Narratives of the Taj Mahal -- 4. Walking, gazing, photographing and remembering at the Taj -- 5. Enclavic and heterogenous tourist spaces in Agra -- 6. Tourist plans for Agra and the Taj -- 7. Conclusion.

Summary:

The Taj Mahal has long been a subject for photography and poetry, but this book presents the first sociological analysis of the Taj as a cultural phenomenon. Tim Edensor examines the conflicting narratives which surround the site: postcolonial views of the monument as a symbol of love, of India and of splendid exuberance; and those which challenge this ethnocentricity, for whom the Taj is the symbolic center of Islamic power or a site of Moghul appropriation. He discusses many of the tourist practices around the Taj and considers the notion of tourism in a wider context. Clearly written and fascinatingly illustrated, this book describes tourism as "performance" and the tourist site as a "stage" on which tourists are directed and rehearsed, improvising cultural conventions in the complex production of leisure space.--Publisher description.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0415167124
9780415167123
0415167132 (pbk.)
9780415167130 (pbk.)

Subject:

Taj Mahal (Agra, India)
Tourism India.
Popular culture India.
Architecture and state India.
Symbolism in architecture India.
Public opinion Great Britain.
Tāj Mahal (Āgra, Inde)
Culture populaire Inde.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale Inde.
Symbolisme en architecture Inde.
Opinion publique Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture and state.
Civilization British influences.
British colonies.
Politics and government
Popular culture.
Public opinion.
Symbolism in architecture.
Tourism.
Tourismus
Toerisme.
Toeristenindustrie.
Cultuursociologie.
Bouwkunst.
Tourisme culturel Inde.
Voyageurs Attitudes.
Tourisme Inde Agra (Inde) Tāj Mahal.
Architecture et Etat.
Great Britain Colonies.
India Civilization British influences.
India Politics and government 1765-1947.
India Public opinion.
Grande-Bretagne Colonies.
Inde Politique et gouvernement 1765-1947.
Great Britain.
India.
Indien
Agra (Inde) Civilisation.
Agra (Inde) Tāj Mahal.
Inde Civilisation.
Agra Tadsch Mahal.

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International library of sociology.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 212937
Call No.: NA6008.A33 E34 1998
Status: Available

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