Tourists at the Taj Performance and Meaning at a Symbolic Site

Name: Tourists at the Taj Performance and Meaning at a Symbolic Site
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ISBN: 9780415167130

ISBN-10: 0415167132

ISBN-13: 9780415167130

Edition: 1999

Authors: Tim Edensor

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Tim Edensor describes the conflicting narratives which surround the Taj Mahal, including those which remain rooted in western post-colonialism and others which challenge this ethnocentricity.

Book details

List price: $75.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 8/13/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.25" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Tim Edensor teaches cultural geography at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. His research interests include tourism, materialities and mobilities.Mark Jayne is a Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Manchester, UK. His research interests include; consumption, the urban order, city cultures and cultural economy.



List of illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Constructing tourist space



The regulation of tourist space



Narratives of the Taj Mahal



Walking, gazing, photographing and remembering at the Taj



Enclavic and heterogenous tourist spaces in Agra



Tourist plans for Agra and the Taj



Conclusion


Bibliography


Index