On the beaten track : tourism, art, and place

Author

Lippard, Lucy R.

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Source

ill., bibliogr., index ; 182 p. ; 1999

ISBN

1-56584-454-8

Publisher

New Press, New York (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Essays on contemporary American cultural criticism, anthropology, and community activism are interwoven to examine how tourism sites are conceived and represented, and how they affect the places they transform. Lippard explores the act of being a tourist in one's own home, the role of advertising and photography in defining place, antique shops as populist museums, and the commodification of indigenous cultures. She discusses the political economies of leisure spaces, the tourist's fascination with tragic destinations such as the sites of massacres, nuclear weapons tests, and Holocaust memorials, and our willingness to let national parks and heritage sites define nature and history. Lippard also surveys how artists are responding to the environmental, cultural, and political issues surrounding tourism.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- United States
• Tourism
• Art
• 1900-2000
• Photography
• Advertising
• Culture
• United States
• Location

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- États-Unis
• Tourisme
• Art
• 1900-2000
• Photographie
• Publicité
• Culture
• Etats-Unis
• Emplacement

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19991001-00211994

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