Tourists at the Taj : performance and meaning at a symbolic site / Tim Edensor.
Edensor, Tim, 1957-
1998
DS486.A3 E34 1998 (Mapit)
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Title Tourists at the Taj : performance and meaning at a symbolic site / Tim Edensor.
Author Edensor, Tim, 1957-
ISBN 9780415167130 (paperback)
0415167132 (paperback)
9780415167123
0415167124
Imprint London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
Language English
Description ix, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Call Number DS486.A3 E34 1998
Dewey Decimal Classification 954/.2
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-214) and indexes.
Series International library of sociology.
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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.

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