Tourism and National Identity
Introduction
Tourism and National Identity: An International Perspective, A book edited by Elspeth Frew and Leanne White; Abstract deadline 2 Mar 2009
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This is a call for expressions of interest for submissions for an edited book entitled Tourism and National Identity: An International Perspective.
Interested authors are invited in the first instance to send an abstract of around 300 words to the editors Dr Elspeth Frew and Dr Leanne White by Monday 2 March 2009.
Please send by email to: e.frew@latrobe.edu.au and leannek.white@vu.edu.au
Further details are provided below.
Tourism and National Identity: An International Perspective
Edited by Dr Elspeth Frew, (La Trobe University, Australia) and Dr Leanne White, (Victoria University, Australia)
This edited volume will explore the multiple ways in which aspects of tourism and national identity intersect.
Tourism and national identity have broad tourist appeal due to the opportunity to become involved in new experiences, whereby individuals travel to a range of destinations and have a variety of experiences reflecting aspects of their national identity. When visiting such destinations or experiencing such events, tourists receive messages sent to them by the creators of the sites. These sites of significance, presented as aspects of a national heritage, help to shape a common national identity, or ‘imagined community’ among a diverse population.
The term ‘nation’ encompasses more extensive thinking than simply the borders of a particular country. Theorists of nationalism have acknowledged that the term can incorporate political, social, cultural, historical, economic, linguistic and religious factors. Nation is related to words such as native, nature, innate, natal and renascent. While the focus of this study is on forms of national identity and tourism, connected terms that might be incorporated include: nation-state, nationality, national identity, national consciousness, national sentiment, nation-building, and to some extent – patriotism, jingoism and citizenship.
Call for Submissions
The editors welcome a broad range of topics for chapters from contributors around the world including (but not limited to):
- National authenticity and tourism;
- Tourism and representation;
- Heritage tourism and aspects of nation;
- Media, tourism and national identity;
- Images of nation and tourism;
- Indigenous nations and tourism;
- Nation branding and tourism;
- Destination marketing and the nation;
- Representative national events;
- Autoethnography, national identity and tourism.
The above are suggestions only. Other themes are most welcome.
Submission of Abstracts
The editors invite prospective authors to submit abstracts of around 300 words by email to:
Dr Elspeth Frew
email: e.frew@latrobe.edu.au
and
Dr Leanne White
email: LeanneK.White@vu.edu.au
Dr Elspeth Frew is a Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. Dr Frew began her career in academia in 1991 and was employed as a lecturer in tourism at two Australian universities namely, Monash University and Victoria University before joining La Trobe University in 1998. Elspeth’s research interest is in cultural tourism with a particular focus on festival and attraction management.
Dr Leanne White is a Lecturer in Marketing at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. Her research interests include: advertising, national identity, commercial nationalism, Australian popular culture, sport marketing and the Olympic movement. She has taught Marketing, Public Relations, Media Studies, Australian Studies and Politics at universities since 1988. Leanne’s doctoral thesis examined manifestations of official and commercial nationalism at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Abstracts are due by 2 March 2009, with comments and suggestions returned to the authors soon after.
At this stage a general proposal is before a publisher. The decision on whether or not the book is published will be made after the final proposal, including proposed chapters and contributors, is reviewed.
Final chapters will be a maximum of 6,000 words. They should not be published or submitted elsewhere. Photos and illustrations (maximum of four) will need written copyright permission.
Early career and postgraduate researchers are encouraged to apply.
Please feel free to email Elspeth or Leanne if you wish to discuss your proposal.