Tourism is the world's single largest industry today. This unit explores the history, theory, meanings and experiences of travel and tourism from the ancient world to the western world in the present day, analysing themes such as gender, class, race, imperialism, war, sexuality, modernity, post-modernity and consumption. It considers the historiography of travel as well as the uses of history in inspiring or selling travel and tourism. Topics include: how we define travel and tourism; the medieval pilgrimage; the age of exploration; the Grand Tour; travel and cultural production in the Age of Empire; exoticism and primitivism; battlefield tourism; sex tourism; Third World tourism; and the... -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Hsu-Ming Teo
Prerequisites: 12cp or (3cp in HIST or MHIS or POL units)
