The British on Holiday : : Charter Tourism, Identity and Consumption / / Hazel Andrews.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CVP eBook-Package Backfile 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Andrews, Hazel,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Tourism and Cultural Change ; 28
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Chapter 1. Introduction --; Chapter 2. Nation, Identity and Consumption --; Chapter 3. Symbolic Landscapes of Tourism --; Chapter 4. Consuming Spaces --; Chapter 5. The Tourist Body --; Chapter 6. The Embodied Tourist --; Chapter 7. Consuming Tourists --; Chapter 8. Conclusion: The Great Escape --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781845411848; 9783110754377
• DOI: 10.21832/9781845411848
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Hazel Andrews.

This book is the only in-depth ethnographic study of British charter tourists. It is based on several months of participant observation of British charter tourists on holiday in Palmanova and Magaluf on the Mediterranean Island of Mallorca. With a focus on space, the body, and food and drink practices, the book explores the experiential nature of touristic practice which provides insight into constructions, understandings and knowledge of the self in relation to national, regional, class, and gender identities. These issues in turn highlight elements of power and control which are mainly articulated through the attempts to manipulate tourists' consumption practices by the mediators of tourists' experiences.