| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 124 pages). |
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| Series |
Object lessons |
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Object lessons.
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| Summary |
"Or as long as people have traveled to distant lands, they have brought home objects to certify the journey. More than mere merchandise, these travel souvenirs take on a personal and cultural meaning that goes beyond the object itself. Drawing on several millennia of examples--from the relic-driven quests of early Christians, to the mass-produced tchotchkes that line the shelves of a Disney gift shop--travel writer Rolf Potts delves into a complicated history that explores issues of authenticity, cultural obligation, market forces, human suffering, and self-presentation. More than just objects, souvenirs are a personalized form of folk storytelling that enable people to make sense of the world and their place in it"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: an embarrassment of Eiffel Towers -- Souvenirs in the age of pilgrimage -- Souvenirs in the age of Enlightenment -- Interlude: museums of the personal -- Souvenirs in the age of mechanical reproduction -- Souvenirs and human suffering -- Souvenirs and (the complicated notion of) authenticity -- Souvenirs, memory, and the shortness of life. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 18, 2018). |
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Tourism -- Social aspects.
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Souvenirs (Keepsakes)
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Souvenirs (Keepsakes) -- Social aspects.
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Philosophy: aesthetics.
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Material culture.
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Cultural studies.
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Literary theory.
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Social Science -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Philosophy -- Aesthetics.
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Literary Criticism -- Semiotics & Theory.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- General.
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Heritage tourism. (OCoLC)fst00955465
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Souvenirs (Keepsakes) (OCoLC)fst01127374
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Potts, Rolf. Souvenir. New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 2018 9781501329418 (DLC) 2017043802 |
| ISBN |
9781501329425 (electronic book) |
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1501329421 (electronic book) |
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9781501329449 (electronic book) |
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1501329448 (electronic book) |
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