| Reading Tourism Texts: A Multimodal Analysis Contributor(s): Francesconi, Sabrina (Author) |
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ISBN: 1845414268 ISBN-13: 9781845414269 Publisher: Channel View Publications OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Business & Economics | Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism |
| Dewey: 306.481 |
| LCCN: 2013042301 |
| Series: Tourism and Cultural Change |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.7" W x 8.1" (0.60 lbs) 184 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume explores the relationship between tourism and travel texts and contemporary society, and how each is shaped by the other. A multimodal analysis is used to consider a variety of texts including novels, brochures, blogs, websites, radio commercials, videos, postcards and authentic tourist pictures and their meaning-making dynamics within the tourism discourse. The book looks at the ways in which these different texts have influenced how tourists and travellers have been viewed over time and how we envision ourselves as tourists or travellers. It puts forward multimodal analysis as the best framework for exploring the semiotic potential of these texts. Including examples from the UK, Malta, Canada, New Zealand, India, Jamaica and South Africa, this volume will be useful for researchers and students in tourism studies, communication and media studies and applied linguistics. |
Contributor Bio(s): Francesconi, Sabrina: - Sabrina Francesconi is Adjunct Professor of English Linguistics and Translation at the University of Trento, Italy. Her research interests include English for Tourism, Multimodality, Multimodally Expressed Humour (MEH) and Genre Analysis. |