A01=Michelle M. Metro-Roland
architectural symbolism
Author_Michelle M. Metro-Roland
Banal Elements
Bird's Eye
Castle District
Category=JBCC
central
Central Market Hall
Collateral Observation
cultural geography
culture
Dynamical Interpretant
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
ethnographic fieldwork
final
Final Interpretant
Fine Day
Goose Liver
hall
interpretation of urban environments
Linguistic Landscape
Magyar Narancs
Main Aisle
market
Market Hall
Multi-stage Set
Peirce's Discussion
Peirce's Theory
Peircean Semiotic
Peircean theory
peirces
Popular Science
Popular Science Monthly
semiotics
Shaping Destination Image
Statue Park
theory
tourism
Tourist Gentrification
Tourist Historical City
tourist perception studies
urban
urban semiotics
Urban Tourism
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781138250369
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 09 Sep 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Drawing upon the literature of landscape geography, tourism studies, cultural studies, visual studies and philosophy, this book offers a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding the interaction between urban environments and tourists. This is a necessary prerequisite for cities as they make themselves into enticing destinations and compete for tourists' attention. It argues that tourists make sense of, and draw meaningful conclusions about, the places in which they tour based upon the interpretation of the signs or elements encountered within the built environment, elements such as graffiti and lamp posts. The writings of the American pragmatist Charles S. Peirce on interpretation provide the theoretical model for explaining the way in which mind and world, or thoughts and objects, result in tourists interacting with place. This theoretical framework elucidates three applied studies undertaken with foreign visitors to the Hungarian capital of Budapest. Based upon extensive ethnographic field work, these studies focus on tourists' interpretation of the urban landscape, with particular attention paid to the encounters with national culture, the role of architecture and the importance of the prosaic in urban tourism.
Dr. Michelle M. Metro-Roland, Western Michigan University, USA
