TY - BOOK AU - Berger,Arthur Asa TI - Ocean travel and cruising: a cultural analysis SN - 0789021978 AV - G550 .B417 2004 U1 - 306.48 21 PY - 2004///] CY - New York PB - Haworth Hospitality Press KW - Ocean travel KW - Psychological aspects KW - Travelers KW - Psychology KW - Cruise ships N1 - 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 N2 - "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 ER -