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Heritage and the nation: an exploration of a discursive relationship

Chambers, Donna (2005) Heritage and the nation: an exploration of a discursive relationship. Tourism Analysis, 9 (4). pp. 241-254. ISSN 1083-5423,

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Abstract

This conceptual article seeks to interrogate the relationship between heritage and the nation by utilizing some of the logics of a Foucauldian concept of discourse and that subsequently developed by Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe. The article suggests that heritage and the nation might be perceived as discursive constructions that have been articulated together into a hegemonic discursive formation. This conceptualization of a discursively constructed heritage/nation relationship is important for tourism studies because in a postmodern, global era it is in and through tourism that this relationship is most readily apprehended. Indeed, such a conceptualization has implications for both the discourse and praxis of tourism. With regard to tourism discourse, this conceptual investigation can broaden the existing knowledge base in mainstream tourism studies insofar as it demonstrates the utility of adopting alternative methodologies in arriving at understanding of phenomena in tourism. With regard to tourism praxis, this conceptual investigation can open up understanding to those power/knowledge relationships at work in the representation of heritage in and through tourism and how this relates to a national concept. Such understanding can facilitate a rethinking of heritage construction for the tourism industry.

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Depositing User: Donna Chambers

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Item ID: 4659
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.3727/108354205789807256
ISSN: 1083-5423,
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/4659
Official URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cog/ta/2005/...

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ORCID for Donna Chambers: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9502-9919

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Date Deposited: 17 Feb 2014 10:09
Last Modified: 02 Jul 2019 09:09

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Author: Donna Chambers ORCID iD
Author: Donna Chambers

University Divisions

Faculty of Business, Law and Tourism > Sunderland Law School

Subjects

Tourism > Tourism

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