Tourism and Cricket : : Travels to the Boundary / / ed. by Tom Baum, Richard Butler.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CVP eBook-Package Backfile 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Ali, Nazia,; Baum, Tom,; Beech, John,; Butler, Richard,; Cardwell, Denise,; Emery, Paul,; Frost, Warwick,; Kerr, Anthony,; Maitland, Robert,; Noakes, Steve,; Parrett, Joanne,; Pearce, Philip L.,; Rigby, Andrew,; Talbot, Ian,; Thandi, Shinder,; Wheeller, Brian,; White, Leanne,; Wilson, Alan,
• HerausgeberIn: Baum, Tom,; Butler, Richard,
• 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 ; 41
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)

This book is the first to focus on the relationship between tourism and cricket. The pattern of cricket as a sport and as a tourist attraction is highly dynamic. This volume examines how cricket as a participant and spectator sport generates diverse tourism to both major and peripheral locations. It looks at the ways in which cricket's extended duration (compared to other sports) creates a different dynamic in terms of visitor-host interaction. It also considers how following cricket as a tourist and a participant causes exposure to unique pressures and results in unique behaviour. The book will appeal to researchers, students and teachers in tourism, sport and leisure.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Part 1: The Development of Patterns -- 1. The Changing Boundaries and Geography of Cricket -- 2. Looking for Witney Scrotum? Cricket, Tourism and Images of England -- Part 2: The Homes of Cricket -- 3. Rupertswood and Sunbury: Commemorating Cricket and the Birthplace of 'the Ashes' -- 4. Nostalgia at the Boundary: A Study at Lord's Cricket Ground -- 5. Development of the Rose Bowl as a Venue for Cricket and Other Events -- 6. Cricket: Biology and Bali -- Part 3: The True Costs -- Introduction -- 7. Cricketers as Tourists; Analyses of Culture Shock, Travel Motivation and Learning -- 8. Sport Tourism as a Means of Reconciliation? The Case of India-Pakistan Cricket -- 9. On the March with the Barmy Army -- 10. An Ethnographic View from the Boundary: India vs England, The Fourth Test, Nagpur, December 2012 -- 11. Recollections of a Coarse Cricketer: Ninety Nine Percent Boredom, One Percent Terror -- Stumps -- Subject Index