Tourism and National Identity : : Heritage and Nationhood in Scotland /

Tourism and National Identity : : Heritage and Nationhood in Scotland / / Kalyan Bhandari.

This book explores the role of tourism as a means to express 'nation' and 'nationhood'. Based on field research in southwest and central Scotland it shows how various historical accounts, cultural icons and images, events and celebrations create a meaning of the Scottish nation....

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CVP eBook-Package Backfile 2000-2013
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Bhandari, Kalyan,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Tourism and Cultural Change ; 39
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Physical Description:1 online resource (168 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Tourism and Nationalism in Scotland
  • 3. Scottish Identity in Tourism
  • 4. 'Narrating' the Scottish Nation on Tour Buses
  • 5. Robert the Bruce and the Regional Heritage of the South-West
  • 6. The Scottish Nation in the Cultural Heritage of Robert Burns
  • 7. Genealogical Tourists and Homeland Nationalism
  • 8. Conclusions
  • References
  • Index

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