TY - JOUR
T1 - Representation as work in America's most historic city
AU - Hanna, Stephen P.
AU - Del Casino, Vincent
AU - Seldon, Casey
AU - Hite, Benjamin
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - This paper examines how the practices of heritage tourism reproduce identities in and of Fredericksburg, Virginia. In particular, we focus on the everyday practices of tourism workers who are essential in the representation and reproduction of this heritage space. In so doing, we want to move away from research in geography that theorizes representation and embodiment as distinct realms of experience and inquiry. Instead, we argue that representation is work and within this very material process, city workers weave memory with history as they guide visitors through 'America's Most Historic City'. Through an examination of three of Fredericksburg's tourism work environments we show how representations succeed in reproducing heritage tourism spaces precisely because representation is work.
AB - This paper examines how the practices of heritage tourism reproduce identities in and of Fredericksburg, Virginia. In particular, we focus on the everyday practices of tourism workers who are essential in the representation and reproduction of this heritage space. In so doing, we want to move away from research in geography that theorizes representation and embodiment as distinct realms of experience and inquiry. Instead, we argue that representation is work and within this very material process, city workers weave memory with history as they guide visitors through 'America's Most Historic City'. Through an examination of three of Fredericksburg's tourism work environments we show how representations succeed in reproducing heritage tourism spaces precisely because representation is work.
U2 - 10.1080/1464936042000252822
DO - 10.1080/1464936042000252822
M3 - Article
SN - 1464-9365
VL - 5
SP - 459
EP - 481
JO - Social and Cultural Geography
JF - Social and Cultural Geography
IS - 3
ER -