Ocean travel and cruising : a cultural analysis /
Berger, Arthur Asa, 1933-
Ocean travel and cruising : a cultural analysis / Arthur Asa Berger. - xv, 131 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-126) and index.
The economics of cruising -- Signs at sea : the semiotics of cruising -- Sociological analysis of cruising -- Psychoanalytic interpretation of cruising -- Selling smooth sailing : advertising and marketing cruises -- Cruising (on) the Internet -- Notes from a cruise journal.
"In Ocean Travel and Cruising: A Cultural Analysis, author Arthur Asa Berger turns his eye to the phenomenon of ocean cruising. This book brings a multidisciplinary cultural studies approach to the subject. It examines ocean cruising from economic, sociological, semiotic, psychoanalytic, and marketing perspectives, offering insights not provided by the more traditional sociological approaches to the subject. You'll explore cruise demographics, the relationship between cruising and gender, the sociology of dining on cruise ships, hedonism and pleasure seeking, the "compulsion to cruise," consolidation in the industry, the exploitation of workers on cruise ships, and a great deal more."--BOOK JACKET.
0789021978 9780789021977 0789021986 9780789021984
2003009812
Ocean travel
Ocean travel--Psychological aspects
Travelers--Psychology
Cruise ships
G550 / .B417 2004
306.48
Ocean travel and cruising : a cultural analysis / Arthur Asa Berger. - xv, 131 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-126) and index.
The economics of cruising -- Signs at sea : the semiotics of cruising -- Sociological analysis of cruising -- Psychoanalytic interpretation of cruising -- Selling smooth sailing : advertising and marketing cruises -- Cruising (on) the Internet -- Notes from a cruise journal.
"In Ocean Travel and Cruising: A Cultural Analysis, author Arthur Asa Berger turns his eye to the phenomenon of ocean cruising. This book brings a multidisciplinary cultural studies approach to the subject. It examines ocean cruising from economic, sociological, semiotic, psychoanalytic, and marketing perspectives, offering insights not provided by the more traditional sociological approaches to the subject. You'll explore cruise demographics, the relationship between cruising and gender, the sociology of dining on cruise ships, hedonism and pleasure seeking, the "compulsion to cruise," consolidation in the industry, the exploitation of workers on cruise ships, and a great deal more."--BOOK JACKET.
0789021978 9780789021977 0789021986 9780789021984
2003009812
Ocean travel
Ocean travel--Psychological aspects
Travelers--Psychology
Cruise ships
G550 / .B417 2004
306.48