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Tourists at the Taj : performance and meaning at a symbolic site
- Title
- Tourists at the Taj : performance and meaning at a symbolic site / Tim Edensor.
- Author
- Edensor, Tim, 1957-
- Publication
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
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- Description
- ix, 223 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- 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.
- Series Statement
- International library of sociology
- Uniform Title
- International library of sociology
- Subjects
- 1765-1947
- Agra > Tadsch Mahal
- Inde > Civilisation
- Grande-Bretagne > Colonies
- Agra (Inde) > Tāj Mahal
- Agra (Inde) > Civilisation
- India > Public opinion
- India > Politics and government > 1765-1947
- India > Civilization > British influences
- Great Britain > Colonies
- Indien
- Taj Mahal (Agra, India)
- Tourism > India
- Popular culture > India
- Architecture and state > India
- Symbolism in architecture > India
- Public opinion > Great Britain
- Civilization > British influences
- British colonies
- Politics and government
- Tourismus
- Toerisme
- Toeristenindustrie
- Cultuursociologie
- Bouwkunst
- Tourisme culturel > Inde
- Voyageurs > Attitudes
- Tourisme > Inde > Agra (Inde) > Tāj Mahal
- Culture populaire > Inde
- Architecture > Politique publique
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-214) and indexes.
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0415167124
- 9780415167123
- 0415167132
- 9780415167130
- LCCN
- 98005286
- OCLC
- ocm38409641
- 38409641
- SCSB-14496257
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library