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Subject(s)

• Scott, Walter 1771-1832—Influence [Browse]
• Tourism—Scotland—History [Browse]
• Travelers' writings, English—Scotland—History and criticism [Browse]
• Scotland—Description and travel [Browse]
• Scotland—In literature [Browse]

Series

• Scottish studies international ; v. 42. [More in this series]
• Scottish Studies International : publications of the Scottish Studies Centre, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz in Germersheim ; Bd./vol. 42

Summary note

"Scott's influence on Scottish tourism is widely discussed among scholars. However, only a few have provided a holistic analysis of the relationship between Scott and Scottish tourism from the 19th to the 21st Century in a theoretical framework. This book reveals how the myth of Scott has been created and appropriated at different stages of the development of the Scottish tourism industry by drawing upon Roland Barthes' analysis of myth. The study is largely based on an analysis of 110 travel accounts and 48 guidebooks written between the 1770s and the 2010s. The author argues that Scott's influence on the Scottish tourism industry is strongly ensured by a wide participation of various actors in continuously changing forms"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Introduction
• Scott and mythology
• Scott as a promoter of Scottish tourism in the Romantic Period
• Scott and the guidebook industry in the Victorian Period
• Tourist practices : tourists as readers of Scott and myth creators
• Post-Scott tourism and Disneyfied Scott-land
• Conclusion.

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ISBN

• 9783631756201 (hardcover)
• 3631756208 (hardcover)

LCCN

2018021494

OCLC

1043970760

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