Cryptid tourism: the performance of modern day monster hunting
Auteur :
Christian, Sara Brooke
Éditeur :
McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN :
9781476691206
Date de publication :
7 août 2023
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,1 cm
Poids :
299 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Combining methods of scientific exploration with aspects of tourism theory demonstrates how monster-hunting is performative and, through an analysis tool called The Cryptid Tourist Gaze, this book examines how and why we go looking for monsters and the ways in which small towns celebrate the monsters that once haunted them.