Description: Official Tourism Websites : A Discourse Analysis Perspective, Paperback by Hallett, Richard W.; Kaplan-Weinger, Judith, ISBN 1845411366, ISBN-13 9781845411367, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK Official Tourism Websites: A Discourse Analysis Perspective investigates the construction and promotion of identity of tourist locales by the designers of the official websites for destinations such as Santiago de Compostela, Spain; the Baltic states of Latvia and Estonia; New Orleans, Louisiana and Gary, Indiana; Myanmar/Burma; US Sports Halls of Fame; and, in recognizing the influence and popularity of such sites, three websites parodying the imaginary nations of Phaic Tan, Molvania and San Sombrero. Analysis addresses how tourism websites foster social action and, therefore, contribute to the (re)construction of nations and other communities by variably fostering re-imagination, rebirth, renaissance, promotion and caution, and patriotism. Recognizing that tourism texts can function to both construct and embody identity for their respective locales, this investigation employs critical discourse analysis, multimodal discourse analysis, and visual semiotic analysis in the investigation of web texts and images. "In this immensely informative and provocative text Rick Hallett and Judith Kaplan-Weinger take to task the role of the world wide web in mediating the construction of identities. Theirs is a timely and thought-provoking book which makes a major contribution to the task of making the meanings of these sites transparent through discourse analysis. Th is scholarly yet hugely readable and well illustrated; it readily communicates the authors' command of their subject." Annette Pritchard, Director, The Welsh Centre for Tourism Research, UWIC, Wales
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Book Title: Official Tourism Websites : A Discourse Analysis Perspective
Subject Area: Religious Sociology
Item Height: 210 mm
Item Width: 148 mm
Series: Tourism and Cultural Change
Author: Judith Kaplan-Weinger, Richard W. Hallett
Publication Name: Official Tourism Websites: a Discourse Analysis Perspective
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Channel View Publications LTD
Subject: Business
Publication Year: 2010
Type: Study Guide
Item Weight: 203 g
Number of Pages: 152 Pages
