Taking-place: Refracted enchantment and the habitual spaces of the tourist souvenir

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-217

  Ramsay, Nissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Follow the thing; Material culture; Relationality; Swaziland; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOURISM; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SWAZILAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 59249097170     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360802652111     Document Type: Article

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