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The Semiotics of heritage tourism / Emma Waterton and Steve Watson.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Tourism and Cultural ChangePublisher: Bristol : Channel View Publications, 2014Description: 141 pages, 3 unnumbered of pages : color illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781845414214
  • 9781845414207
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.47 .W332
Summary: "This book presents a new way of understanding heritage tourism that focuses on what people feel and not just what they see. Traditionally, semiotics points to the study of signs and symbols, and how we use them to make sense of the world. Here semiotics is extended into our other senses as part of what it means to experience heritage as tourists." -- [edited] Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-136) and index.

"This book presents a new way of understanding heritage tourism that focuses on what people feel and not just what they see. Traditionally, semiotics points to the study of signs and symbols, and how we use them to make sense of the world. Here semiotics is extended into our other senses as part of what it means to experience heritage as tourists." -- [edited] Provided by publisher.

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