Lyall Bell (18 results)

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Condition: very_good. This book is in Very good condition. There may be a few flaws like shelf wear and some light wear.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A very lightly read copy. Light foxing. "Giant fish, fruit and vegetables, novel signs, murals depicting local history, festivals . creative expressions of local identity . all over New Zealand"--Back cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Giant fish, fruit and vegetables, novel signs, murals depicting local history, festivals . creative expressions of local identity . all over New Zealand. Large. 135 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 135 pages. very light/slight crease in card coverGiant fish, fruit and vegetables, novel signs, murals depicting local history, f estivals - such creative expressions of local identity are popping up all over N ew Zealand. In an attempt to make their towns memorable and inviting to the pass er-by, local entrepreneurs are enlivening the cultural - as well as the physical - landscape with wit and ingenuity.In colorful and entertaining manner, Claudia Bell, a sociologist at the University of Auckland, and John Lyall, artist, reve al how towns are putting themselves on the map.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 135p Slight coffee stain base An interesting sociological study of community enterprise in NZ, and how to create identity.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 232p.

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Condition: New. In English.

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Hardback. Condition: New. Over the past two hundred years, transportation technology has enabled citizens of any nation to visit, for the purposes of entertainment and leisure, nearly any place on the entire globe. Nations compete for tourists, promoting themselves by showing off their beautiful landscapes and by holding out promises of previously unattainable excitement. As a result, locations and landscapes once considered sublime are becoming increasingly mediated and commodified into both products and elements of national identity constructs.As digital photographs make possible the instant transmission of any image from its point of origin to any destination, tourism has increasingly become a means through which we simply accumulate experiences to add to our self-constructed, accelerating autobiographies. Tourists seek ever more exciting landscape venues and activities for these experiences, while nations, ever more mindful of the need to attract a global audience, have transformed their sublime native lands and artifacts into mere grist for this ever-accelerating mill. As the authors demonstrate, the nature of tourism in the twenty-first century is transforming both national identity and international consumption, making the one nearly indistinguishable from the other.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 211 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardback. Condition: New. Over the past two hundred years, transportation technology has enabled citizens of any nation to visit, for the purposes of entertainment and leisure, nearly any place on the entire globe. Nations compete for tourists, promoting themselves by showing off their beautiful landscapes and by holding out promises of previously unattainable excitement. As a result, locations and landscapes once considered sublime are becoming increasingly mediated and commodified into both products and elements of national identity constructs.As digital photographs make possible the instant transmission of any image from its point of origin to any destination, tourism has increasingly become a means through which we simply accumulate experiences to add to our self-constructed, accelerating autobiographies. Tourists seek ever more exciting landscape venues and activities for these experiences, while nations, ever more mindful of the need to attract a global audience, have transformed their sublime native lands and artifacts into mere grist for this ever-accelerating mill. As the authors demonstrate, the nature of tourism in the twenty-first century is transforming both national identity and international consumption, making the one nearly indistinguishable from the other.…

dark blue cloth boards with black and silver titling 211pp illus NF (v light rubbing, v.light bruising).

Gebunden. Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Over the past 200 years, technology has enabled tourists to visit everywhere on the globe, resulting in locations being commodified into products and national identity constructs. Presenting a historical narrative, this study examines landscape consumptio.…