Tourism Imaginaries at the Disciplinary Crossroads

Introduction, Nelson Graburn and Maria Gravari-Barbas. Part I Producing/Consuming Place Imaginaries: Images, imaginaries and imaginations: French notes, Saskia Cousin; Imagining Goa: tourism development and state formation in postcolonial Goa, Raghuraman S. Trichur; Reinventing and reshaping Gaudi: from nation and religion to tourism. Architecture, conflict and change in Barcelona's tourist imaginary, Josep-Maria Garcia-Fuentes; `What happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas': when tourism imaginaries fashion the scientific discourse, Pascale Nedelec; Evangeline, Acadians, and tourism imaginaries, Rita Ross. Part II Tourism Practices and the Imaginary: Tourism imaginaries and political discourses of Mayotte Island, Madina Regnault; Fair tourism and the `authentic' encounter: realization of a rite of recognition in the context of the myth of authenticity, Alain Girard and Bernard Scheou; Crafting archaism, cultural entrepreneurs, indigenous masks and the political and touristic imaginaries of heritage in Central America, Julien Laverdure; Spending holiday in Japan, falling in love with Japan: from pop culture to tourism imaginary, Clothilde Sabre; `Like nowhere else': imagining Provincetown for the lesbian and gay family, Liz Montegary. Part III Media and Imaginaries Reflexivity and Performativity: The marvel of tropical waters: the invention of an imaginary at the pace of technological advances, Luc Vacher; From the invention of an imaginary to the promotion of tourism: Greece through the lens of the photographer F. Boissonnas (1903-1930), Estelle Sohier; Beyond imaginary of place: performing, imagining, and deceiving self through online tourist photography, Iris Sheungting Lo and Bob McKercher; The tourism websites of metropolitan areas: between the image and the imaginary, Philippe Viallon; Transportation catastrophes and travel imaginaries in the French mass illustrated press, 1890-1914, H. Hazel Hahn; Conclusions - at the crossroads, Nelson Graburn. Index.