The Beach as a Liminal Space

A Companion to Tourism

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 349-359

  Preston Whyte, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Beach; Cultural states; Rebirth; Rituals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889801524     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470752272.ch28     Document Type: Chapter

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