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Structure of this volume
In the fi rst part of the volume, entitled 'Tracing tourism geographies'
, Chapters 2
and
3
provide a comprehensive trajectory of developments in the fi eld. In
Chapter 2,
C. Michael
Hall and Stephen Page undertake an extensive review of the current state of the art in the fi eld
of tourism geographies, while Richard Butler, in
Chapter 3,
refl ects on the fi eld in the context
of his career as a geographer working within tourism studies. Both of these chapters arguably
unpack the almost interchangeable use of 'tourism geographies', 'geographies of tourism' and
'tourism geography' seen in this volume up to this point.
Part II,
entitled 'Conceptualising tourism geographies', includes fi fteen chapters with
more specifi c theoretical and epistemological orientations. Tim Gale in
Chapter 4
examines
the emergence of post-structural thought within geography and discusses the various possi-
bilities and limitations for tourism studies. In
Chapter 5,
Raoul Bianchi questions the recent
preoccupation with the 'critical turn' in tourism studies, arguing for a more balanced approach
that does not necessarily prioritise culture over political economy in the analysis of tourism.
Taking a cue from Crouch's (1999) volume with its considerable focus on 'encounter', Chris
Gibson addresses issues of space, ethics and encounter in tourism studies in
Chapter 6,
while
sociologist Kevin Meethan provides an analysis of the relationship between tourism, indi-
viduation and space in
Chapter 7.
Following this are two chapters that address the performative and sensory dimensions of
tourism as a research subject. Jonas Larsen focuses on what he terms a 'performance turn' in
tourism studies in the context of tourism spaces, while Tim Edensor and Emily Falconer
move forward from the solely visual gaze, by framing tourism activity within the realm of
sensuous geographies.
Chapters 10
and
11
centre on issues of sexuality and gender in conceptualising tourism
through spatial perspectives. Gordon Waitt analyses queer perspectives on tourism geogra-
phies in
Chapter 10,
advancing the issues of sexuality and sexualised geographies in tourism
which until recently have not been explored in great detail in mainstream tourism studies. In
Chapter 11,
Jacqueline Tivers discusses the issue of gender in tourism geographies, also noting
that this still remains an under-researched element in tourism.
Postcolonialism is the theme of
Chapter 12
and Donna Keen and Hazel Tucker examine a
range of possibilities for postcolonial approaches in the study of tourism spaces and places. In
Chapter 13,
Julie Wilson and Andrew Tallon analyse the fi eld of tourism-related gentrifi ca-
tion and its effects on the production and consumption of space in neighbourhoods not tradi-
tionally associated with tourism activity.
The 'Mobilities Turn' as contextualised within the geography of tourism is the focus of
Chapter 14
by Tara Duncan, while in
Chapter 15,
with reference to a more specifi c manifes-
tation of the mobilities turn, Maria Casado-Diaz explores the geographies of lifestyle mobility
and, in particular, international retirement migration.
The fi nal three chapters of this part of the volume include an analysis of creativity in
tourism geographies ( Julie Wilson,
Chapter 16)
and an examination of making and unmaking
places in tour ism geog raphies, w ith specifi c reference to Singapore (T.C. Chang,
Chapter 17)
.
In
Chapter 18,
Petri Hottola elaborates his concept of metaspatialities in tourism in the
context of space, behaviour and culture.
The majority of the chapters in
Part III -
'Approaching tourism geographies' - are rooted
in the more traditional dimensions of the geographical analysis of tourism, although this is
not to imply in the slightest that more contemporary concerns and theoretical developments
are not examined therein. Keith Debbage and Dimitri Ioannides discuss the emergence of a
