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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2022016102
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789004506268
Qualifying information (electronic book)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789004506275
Qualifying information (print)
024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code 10.1163/9789004506268
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Canceled/invalid control number (OCoLC)1311359579
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Original cataloging agency NL-LeKB
Transcribing agency NL-LeKB
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Classification number PS3623.I536
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Subject category code JFCA
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Subject category code SOC
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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 813.6
Edition information 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Asa, Berger, Arthur,
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Smooth Sailing :
Remainder of title An Ethnographic and Socio-semiotic Analysis of Tourism and Ocean Cruising /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Arthur Asa Berger.
246 3# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE
Title proper/short title An Ethnographic and Socio-semiotic Analysis of Tourism and Ocean Cruising
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Leiden ;
-- Boston :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Brill,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2022.
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Extent 1 online resource.
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Carrier type term online resource
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490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2022.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Written in an accessible style, with many photographs and drawings by the author, Smooth Sailing provides an ethnographically informed introduction to the nature of tourism and an important aspect of tourism, ocean cruising.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Abstract -- Keywords -- 1. Preface -- 2. Introduction -- 2.1 Overtourism -- 2.2 Kinds of Tourists -- 3. Aspects of Travel and Tourism -- 3.1 Tourism as a Form of Consumption -- 3.2 Tourism as a Cultural Phenomenon -- 4. Tourists and Travelers -- 4.1 Travelers and Mythology -- 4.2 Travel and Myth -- 4.3 The Myth Mode and Travel/Tourism -- 4.4 What is Travel? -- 4.5 Are Tourists Travelers? -- 4.6 Erik Cohen’s Typology of Tourists -- 4.7 Are There Important Differences Between Tourists and Travelers? -- 4.8 Tourists as Continual Spenders -- 4.9 Explorers, Settlers, Travelers, and Tourists -- 4.10 Stanley Plog on Different Kinds of Tourists -- 4.11 China Tour -- 4.12 Tourists Take Trips -- 4.13 Tourist Meccas -- 4.14 Uses and Gratifications of Tourism -- 4.15 Tourism and the Consumption Imperative -- 4.16 The Four Consumer Cultures and Tourism Preferences -- 4.17 The Search for authenticity -- 4.18 In Quest of the Exotic -- 4.19 Travel as a Rite of Passage for Young Men and Women -- 4.20 An Imaginary Image That Explains Things -- 5. The Mindset of the Traveler -- 5.1 Travelers as Risk Takers -- 5.2 Travelers as Strangers -- 5.3 Travel Fueled by Nostalgia -- 5.4 Travel and Ambivalence Towards Modernity -- 5.5 Travel as a Means of Personal Transformation -- 6. Notes on Ocean Cruising -- 6.1 Aren’t Crises Boring? -- 6.2 Social Class and Cruising -- 6.3 Statistics on the Cruise Industry -- 6.4 Main Dining Room Menu on Princess Cruises -- 7. Cruising and the Psyche -- 7.1 A Psychoanalytic Approach to Cruising -- 7.2 Come Back New -- 7.3 Cruising and the Carnivalesque -- 7.4 Cruising and Addiction -- 7.5 Cruising and Quantum Experiences -- 8. Princess Cruises: A Case Study -- 8.1 A Cruise Critics Review of the Grand Princess -- 8.2 The Grand Princess Alaska Cruise -- 8.3 Two Splurges -- 9. Coda -- 9.1 The UNWTO on Tourism -- 9.2 How I Wrote This Book -- References.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Written in an accessible style, with many photographs of important tourist sites and drawings by the author, Smooth Sailing provides an ethnographically informed introduction to the nature of tourism and an important aspect of tourism, ocean cruising. The book discusses topics such as the nature of tourism, different kinds of tourists, the role that myths play in tourism, gratifications from tourism, and travel as a means of personal transformation. It also deals with ocean cruising and considers the notion that cruises are boring, social class and cruising, cruising and addiction, and cruising and the psyche.
588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE
Source of description note Description based on print version record.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Man-woman relationships.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Romance fiction.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Sailing.
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Relationship information Print version:
Title Smooth Sailing : An Ethnographic and Socio-semiotic Analysis of Tourism and Ocean Cruising.
Place, publisher, and date of publication Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022
International Standard Book Number 9789004506275
Record control number (DLC) 2022016101
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences.
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2022.
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Public note DOI:
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004506268">http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004506268</a>

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