Constructing Cultural Tourism John Ruskin and the Tourist Gaze
by Hanley, Keith; Walton, John K.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2010-11-15
Publisher(s): Channel View Publications
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Summary
Focusing on the formative influence of the works of John Ruskin in defining and developing cultural tourism, this book describes and assesses their effects on the ‘tourist gaze’ (‘where to go and what to see’, and how to see it) as directed at landscape, scenery, architecture and townscape, from the early Victorian period onwards.
Author Biography
Keith Hanley is Professor of English Literature at Lancaster University where he directed the former Ruskin Centre for eight years. John K. Walton is an IKERBASQUE Research Professor in the Department of Contemporary History in the University of the Basque Country, based in Bilbao.
Table of Contents
| Illustrations | p. vii |
| Acknowledgements | p. xi |
| Introduction: The Joy of Travel | p. 1 |
| The Ruskin Moment | p. 24 |
| Sightseeing with Ruskin | p. 55 |
| The Interpretation of Places | p. 91 |
| Ruskin and Tourist Destinations | p. 133 |
| Ruskin and Popular Tourism | p. 154 |
| Ruskin and Brantwood | p. 179 |
| Conclusion | p. 201 |
| Index | p. 204 |
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