Chasing a Myth? Searching for ‘Self’ Through Lifestyle Travel

Tourist Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-133

  Cohen, Scott A ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

essentialism; lifestyle travellers; searching; self; social construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953742616     PISSN: 14687976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468797611403040     Document Type: Article

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