Authenticity

William Aspray; James W. Cortada

doi:10.5771/9781538172360

Zusammenfassung

This book studies authenticity, which is a kind of truth to self, through the study of heritage tourism. When a heritage site is inauthentic, it leads to misinformation. Tourism scholars have been studying authenticity for about 50 years, and this book draws upon the theories and approaches of tourism studies to understand better misinformation, which has become a major topic of study since the US presidential elections in 2016. The book includes a discussion of common-sense and academic notions of authenticity, surveys a half century of scholarship on authenticity, and provides three case studies of heritage tourism sites: Lindsborg, KS (known as Little Sweden, USA), Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia, and the Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania.

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Copyrightjahr: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-5381-7235-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-5381-7236-0
Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Sprache: Englisch
Seiten: 182
Produkttyp: Monographie

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1. Contents Kein Zugriff
2. 1. Notes Kein Zugriff
1. Authenticity in the American Historical Experience Kein Zugriff
2. Theorizing About Authenticity by Heritage Tourism Scholars Kein Zugriff
3. Notes Kein Zugriff
1. Authenticity in Tourism Scholarship Kein Zugriff
2. Disciplining Tourism Studies with Respect to Authenticity and Authentication Kein Zugriff
3. What Information Studies Has to Say About Misinformation Kein Zugriff
4. Connections between Authenticity Research Scholars and Misinformation Research Scholars Kein Zugriff
5. Notes Kein Zugriff
1. The Setting of Ethnic Heritage Tourism Kein Zugriff
2. A Case Study in Heritage Tourism: Lindsborg, Kansas Kein Zugriff
3. Notes Kein Zugriff
1. About Colonial Williamsburg Kein Zugriff
2. Town-Foundation Relations in the Building and Ongoing Operations of Colonial Williamsburg Kein Zugriff
3. Goodwin’s Vision for Colonial Williamsburg, and the Problems of Equating Authenticity with Historical Exactitude Kein Zugriff
4. “Silk Pants Patriots” and “The Finer Things”: How Rockefeller’s Elite Aesthetic Vision Challenged Authenticity Kein Zugriff
5. Criticisms of Authenticity in Colonial Williamsburg Kein Zugriff
6. Whose History? The New Social History and the Changing Mission of Colonial Williamsburg—The Case of Race Kein Zugriff
7. Authenticity as About Experience Rather than About Facts Kein Zugriff
8. Authenticity as a Commodity Kein Zugriff
9. How has Colonial Williamsburg Measured up on Scholarly Criteria of Authenticity? Kein Zugriff
10. Notes Kein Zugriff
1. Judges of the Gettysburg Events Kein Zugriff
2. How Tourists Contribute to Discussions of Authenticity Kein Zugriff
3. Settled Facts and New Controversies Kein Zugriff
4. Enduring Myths and Misinformation about the Battle Kein Zugriff
5. How the Battle Became Controversial Kein Zugriff
6. How Preservation Strategies and Park Interpretations Affected Authenticity Kein Zugriff
7. Implications for Understanding Gettysburg and Authenticity Kein Zugriff
8. Notes Kein Zugriff
1. Lessons from Our Three Case Studies Kein Zugriff
2. Lessons from Tourism and Information Scholarship Kein Zugriff
3. Applying these Lessons Kein Zugriff
4. Notes Kein Zugriff
Index Kein Zugriff Seiten 171 - 180
About the Authors Kein Zugriff Seiten 181 - 182