On the Beaten Track: Tourism, Art, and Place

by Lucy R. Lippard

Book Overview

In this "excellent" (The Baltimore Sun) book, Lucy R. Lippard weaves together cultural criticism, anthropology, and community activism for an in-depth look at how tourism sites are conceived and represented, and how they affect the places they transform. Critic Andrew Ross calls Lippard "the most surefooted tour guide you could hope for" in her exploration of being a tourist in one's own home, of how advertising and photography define place,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565846397
• ISBN13: 9781565846395
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.2" x 8.8"