9781565844544-1565844548-On the Beaten Track: Tourism, Art, and Place

On the Beaten Track: Tourism, Art, and Place

ISBN-13: 9781565844544
ISBN-10: 1565844548
Author: Lucy R. Lippard
Publication date: 1999
Publisher: The New Press
Format: Hardcover 182 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781565844544
ISBN-10: 1565844548
Author: Lucy R. Lippard
Publication date: 1999
Publisher: The New Press
Format: Hardcover 182 pages

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On the Beaten Track: Tourism, Art, and Place (ISBN-13: 9781565844544 and ISBN-10: 1565844548), written by authors Lucy R. Lippard, was published by The New Press in 1999. With an overall rating of 3.9 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent On the Beaten Track: Tourism, Art, and Place (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.77.

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In this “excellent” (The Baltimore Sun) book, Lucy R. Lippard weaves together cultural criticism, anthropology, and community activism for an in-depth look at how tourism sites are conceived and represented, and how they affect the places they transform. Critic Andrew Ross calls Lippard “the most surefooted tour guide you could hope for” in her exploration of being a tourist in one’s own home, of how advertising and photography define place, of how antique shops function as populist museums, and of the commodification of indigenous cultures. With her characteristic breadth and critical eye, Lippard discusses the political economies of leisure spaces, the tourist’s fascination with tragic destinations (such as the sites of massacres and nuclear weapons tests, or Holocaust memorials), and our willingness to let national parks and heritage sites define nature and history.


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