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MHIS264: Travel, Tourism and Cultural Production
Tourism is the world's single largest industry today. This unit explores the history, meanings and experiences of travel and tourism from late antiquity to the present day through 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; eco-tourism; sex tourism; Third World travel and cultural imperialism. Students are encouraged to think historically about their own travel experiences and their consumption of travel related products such as art, postcards, souvenirs, backpacker stories, travel diaries, books and films.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: | D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year X2 - External study; Offered in the second half-year |
| Staff Contact(s): | Dr Hsu-Ming Teo |
| Prerequisites: |
12cp or (3cp in HIST or MHIS or POL units) |
| Corequisites: | |
| NCCW(s): | HIST264, HIST364 |
| Unit Designation(s): | |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Modern History, Politics, International Relations and Security |
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