Souvenirs : the material culture of tourism / edited by Michael Hitchcock, Ken Teague.

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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 2 Souvenirs with Soul: 800 Years of Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela; 3 Tourism and Material Culture in Turkey; 4 Reproducing India: International Exhibitions and Victorian Tourism; 5 From Earliest Contacts: An Examination of Inuit and Aleut Art in Scottish Collections; 6 Exotic Souvenirs of the Travelling Surrealists; 7 Women's Suffrage Souvenirs; 8 'Souvenir-gifts' as Tokens of Filial Esteem: The Meanings of Blackpool Souvenirs

9 Transformations of the Tourist and Souvenir: The Travels and Collections of Philla Davis10 Contemporary Crafts as Souvenirs, Artefacts and Functional Goods and their Role in Local Economic Diversification and Cultural Development; 11 Tourism and Ainu Identity, Hokkaido, Northern Japan; 12 Awaji Ningyo: Its Changing Role Within a Local, National and International Community; 13 Stealing Souls for Souvenirs: Or Why Tourists Want 'the Real Thing'; 14 Tourist Markets and Himalayan Craftsmen; 15 Ceramic Arts of Peru and Ecuador: Echoes of the Prehispanic Past and Influences of the Tourist Present

16 Souvenirs from Kambot (Papua New Guinea): The Sacred Search for Authenticity17 Souvenirs, Ethics and Aesthetics: Some Contemporary Dilemmas in the South Pacific; 18 Kente Connections: The Role of the Internet in Developing an Economic Base for Ghana; 19 Dalecarlian Masques: One Souvenir's Many Voices; 20 The 'Whimsey': A Part of American and Canadian Victoriana

This title was first published in 2000: Souvenirs, broadly conceived, are generally thought to be the material counterpart of travels, events, relationships and memories of all kinds. The material items classed as souvenirs discussed in this text have memorial functions, usually connected with the owner's travels. But not all of the items are souvenirs of tourism; they are also souvenirs of other past phenomena, such as political events (suffragettes), colonial history (India), former artistic pre-eminence (Awaji Ningyo puppetry) or former ways of life (South American ceramic archaisms). The authors do not necessarily focus on material souvenirs in their memorial function as prompters of memory. They also use their case studies as starting points for the discussion of many interesting contemporary phenomena, such as cottage industries for economic development in Mexico and Ainu, as devices to invigorate or maintain artistic practices, as emblems of cultural conformity (Surrealists) or as symbolic weapons in national and international political arguments. A key focus of many of the chapters is the question of meaning: what is the meaning of any particular souvenir or collection, and for whom does it bear that meaning?

Michael Hitchcock, University of North London

The production and consumption of souvenirs for sale to tourists involves varied exchanges between diverse groups of makers and sellers. Communication within tourism often involves the transformation of symbolic codes. Makers of souvenirs strive to meet popular expectations, adapting existing genres and creating entirely new ones. Many of the goods made for tourists are produced using simple processes: the input is modest and the output is high. It is wrong to assume that all goods made for tourists are shoddy; many souvenirs are made by skilled craftsmen and women who have simply adapted old products to suit new markets. This volume addresses contemporary business and developmental themes and explores the resurgence of handcrafted products in the context of the information super-highway. Souvenirs are integral to the material culture of identity and memory and are subject to reinterpretation and re-evaluation. The book explores the apparent ambiguity of how souvenirs, often seen as bastardised products of the post-industrial age, may become tomorrow's art. [publisher].

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