Graham M S Dann
Biographic Data
| ID | 132599 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Graham M S Dann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Graham M S |
| FAMILY NAME | Dann |
| SIGNATURE | DANN G M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the West Indies |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 56 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 792 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 55 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
The Language of Tourism: A Sociolinguistic Perspective
1: Tourism as Language 2: A growing awareness of tourism as language 3: Four major theoretical perspectives on tourism and their socio-linguistic correlates 4: Properties of the Language of Tourism 5: Convergent properties 6: Divergent properties 7: Tourism as a Language of Social Control 8: Tourism as a language of social control in the prototypical forms of tourism 9: Tourism as a language of social control in contemporary tourism 10: The lingu…
"Yearning for the British Raj": The Touristic Consumption of Colonial Nostalgia in India
This case study of Raj tourism is based on a postcolonial discourse of nostalgia that applies the language of tourism to the "Old Talk" of Empire when Britain once ruled the waves. Various facets of Raj tourism are semiotically explored in relation to the correspondence between motivation and promotion in order to more fully appreciate the process of understanding tourism itself. Typical areas of cultural communication that are inductively analyz…
Crime, Punishment, and Dark Tourism: The Carnivalesque Spectacles of the English Judicial System
Trial and punishment may seem far removed from the hedonism of travel and tourism, but they have been associated throughout history. The Romans, who ruled Europe for 1000 years, crucified political prisoners, criminals, and escaping slaves along the Via Appia—the main highway that led travellers in and out of Rome. The Crucifixion of Christ was staged by the Romans in Jerusalem, as a recreational spectacle on the feast of the Passover—a Jewish pu…
English tourism humour revisited: British and regional variations
This Post Publication Review focuses on a recent article ‘Experiencing Englishness: Humour and guided tours’ co-authored by Carol Zhang and Philip Pearce, published in Tourism Recreation Research
Unearthing the paradoxes and oxymora of tourism
This theoretical study seeks to unearth the many choices found in tourism from a perspective that views tourism as language with a concentration on paradox and oxymoron. After initially tracing the Greek etymology of these two terms, the focus is on paradoxical propositions that, although self-contradictory, may contain a possible truth or belief that needs to be carefully revealed, as in the case of (religious) myth for instance. The exploding o…
Understanding tourism: Once more Greek philosophy to the rescue
Paradigms in tourism research: A trialogue
This paper analyzes the nature and consequences of paradigms in tourism studies. It is somewhat unconventional in that its co-authors have not sought to produce a synthesized finished product. Rather, they have rendered their different perspectives visible through the structuring of the paper as a trialogue. It commences with Tribe's thesis that tourism studies is not governed by a restrictive paradigm at the field level but that at a societal le…
Do Tourists Travel for the Discovery of “Self” or Search for the “Other”
This exclusive department is created to include findings of special significance and to identify areas of subtle research nuances through mutual debates, discourse and discussions. Elenctic method is used wherein knowledge progresses through articulation, cross-examination and rejection of spurious hypotheses. Thus, probe aims at encouraging scholars to think against the grain by unmasking the stereotype and dogmatic that has taken the mould of r…
Slavery, Contested Heritage, and Thanatourism
Probing the Historical Context of Research Probes
Opinion is a readers' column that aims at providing feedback to the editor on the quality of the journal by commenting upon the issues such as thematic coverage, readability, problem solving approach, presentation and usability of content. Despite the best efforts of the editors and referees' strict scrutiny and evaluation of the submission, there are chances that some kernel of truth remains to be discovered. This section encourages readers to e…
Rooms for Rent
Inspired by insights from Topor's Le Locataire Chimérique (1964) and Roman Polanski's 1976 film version of The Tenant, this subjective account explores the hypothesis that because people own virtually nothing they are paradoxically attracted by a tourism which provides situations that are likewise bereft of belonging and identity within an alternative culture. The reflection covers three phases: pre-trip, travel and on-trip. The first contextual …
Sightseeing for the Sightless and Soundless: Tourism Experiences of the Deafblind
Much of the academic treatment of tourism for the disabled typically focuses on those with bodily impairment and the ways that the industry responds to customer disability from a supply-side perspective. By contrast, the following account begins with demand and does so from the specific point of view of a deafblind individual (the lead author). Some statistical data are provided that enable the contextualization of her condition in the UK and res…
The Use and Abuse of “Clearly” in Tourism Research
In this critical review article, Professor Dann analyzes the pervasive and unjustifiable overuse of the word “clearly” in Anglophone daily life, to the point where he maintains it has become almost devoid of meaning. His argument proceeds in four stages. First, the etymology of “clearly” is explored by examining various dictionary and thesaurus meanings of the word along with its employment in a number of Internet sites. Second, its uncritical ac…
Remodelling a changing language of tourism: From Monologue to Dialogue and Trialogue
When the "language of tourism" was initially articulated, tourism formed part of the modernist project, wherein its unilateral, monological discourse was framed within the parameters of social control. However, there is evidence today that it has now been transformed on account of the digitalised communication of the Internet. Indeed, there is currently a more egalitarian, postmodern ethos of dialogue, or even trialogue, between the key players o…
Little Norway in Spain
The Theoretical State of the Art in the Sociology and Anthropology of Tourism
After referring to a number of state-of-the-art conferences and to those sociologists and anthropologists who have undertaken similar appraisals in relation to tourism theory, this article concentrates on a number of issues recently raised by Brown, Meethan, and Seaton. These redesignated themes are treated under the following queries: Literature reviews or mindless trawls? Eureka moments or regurgitation? Eclecticism or monoideism? Black holes o…
At the Beach
Noticing notices
Ecological Rationalization and Performative Resistance in Natural Area Destinations
A discursive analysis of natural area destinations is presented in this article, where it is argued that the management and use of natural areas for (eco) tourism is influenced by economic and institutional practices that contribute to rationalizing ‘Nature’ and the visitor experience. A brief look at some historical influences on nature-based tourism development in (post)-modernity sets the context for illustrating paradoxical discourses (e.g. n…
Tourism smellscapes
An over-emphasis on the tourist gaze tends to disregard the fact that the unique character of a place can additionally be imparted by its aromas. Yet because olfactory sensations are so difficult to describe, it is necessary to turn to writers who can effectively communicate the scents of destinations and their people to those who visit them. While several of these authors have a predilection for the countryside, there are many more that manage t…
The tourist as a metaphor of the social world
This text contains a selection of papers from the Research Committee on International Tourism presented at the World Congress of the International Sociological Association, Brisbane, Australia, July 2002. It provides a sociological and anthropological critique of existing tourism theory as well as some directions for its future development and research. While much of the present understanding of the tourist and tourism is grounded in metaphor (e.…
Slavery, Contested Heritage and Thanatourism
This article introduces a collection of eight revised papers that focus on the connection between slavery and tourism. After tracing the history of the former from its origins to the present day, and after providing some examples of related attractions, it confronts a number of dilemmas associated with their juxtaposition. A brief overview of the contributions to the volume is supplied, along with some epistemological and methodological concerns …
The Self-Admitted Use of Cliché, in the Language of Tourism
Senior tourism
Differentiating Destinations in the Language of Tourism: Harmless Hype or Promotional Irresponsibility
Within the disciplines of sociology and anthropology, the main theoretical advances provided by the perspectives of authenticity, strangerhood, play and conflict have been made with respect to understanding tourists and how they are attracted by real or imaginary differences. However, it is only when a linguistic paradigm is adopted that it can be more clearly seen that the problem for the tourism industry resides in how to market such difference…
Tourist motivation an appraisal
Anomie, ego-enhancement and tourism
Tourism as an Anthropological Subject [and Comments and Reply]
This paper provides a critical evaluationof the growing number of anthropologically oriented studies of tourism and proposes a conceptual framework for future studies. A cross-culturally viable definition of tourism is offered. This definition, which conceives of the tourist as a person at leisure who travels and of tourism as a variety of leisure activity, suggest a transactional view of tourism that involves an encounter between tourist-generat…
Methodology in tourism research
Sociology and tourism
Tourism smellscapes
An over-emphasis on the tourist gaze tends to disregard the fact that the unique character of a place can additionally be imparted by its aromas. Yet because olfactory sensations are so difficult to describe, it is necessary to turn to writers who can effectively communicate the scents of destinations and their people to those who visit them. While several of these authors have a predilection for the countryside, there are many more that manage t…
The Language of Tourism: A Sociolinguistic Perspective
1: Tourism as Language 2: A growing awareness of tourism as language 3: Four major theoretical perspectives on tourism and their socio-linguistic correlates 4: Properties of the Language of Tourism 5: Convergent properties 6: Divergent properties 7: Tourism as a Language of Social Control 8: Tourism as a language of social control in the prototypical forms of tourism 9: Tourism as a language of social control in contemporary tourism 10: The lingu…
The Process of Sociocultural Continuity [and Comments and Replies]
Almost since its inception, anthropology has had a major concern with sociocultural traditionalism and innovation. This paper argues that the terms "tradition" and "change" have created a dichotomy that is counterproductive for understanding how sociocultural systems are utilized by real people to deal with real events. Rather, we should stress the dynamic of continuity wherein "old" and "new" are defined according to the situation at hand. The e…
Writing out the tourist in space and time
Little Norway in Spain
Ecological Rationalization and Performative Resistance in Natural Area Destinations
A discursive analysis of natural area destinations is presented in this article, where it is argued that the management and use of natural areas for (eco) tourism is influenced by economic and institutional practices that contribute to rationalizing ‘Nature’ and the visitor experience. A brief look at some historical influences on nature-based tourism development in (post)-modernity sets the context for illustrating paradoxical discourses (e.g. n…
The Theoretical State of the Art in the Sociology and Anthropology of Tourism
After referring to a number of state-of-the-art conferences and to those sociologists and anthropologists who have undertaken similar appraisals in relation to tourism theory, this article concentrates on a number of issues recently raised by Brown, Meethan, and Seaton. These redesignated themes are treated under the following queries: Literature reviews or mindless trawls? Eureka moments or regurgitation? Eclecticism or monoideism? Black holes o…
Noticing notices
Paradigms in tourism research: A trialogue
This paper analyzes the nature and consequences of paradigms in tourism studies. It is somewhat unconventional in that its co-authors have not sought to produce a synthesized finished product. Rather, they have rendered their different perspectives visible through the structuring of the paper as a trialogue. It commences with Tribe's thesis that tourism studies is not governed by a restrictive paradigm at the field level but that at a societal le…
Senior tourism
Differentiating Destinations in the Language of Tourism: Harmless Hype or Promotional Irresponsibility
Within the disciplines of sociology and anthropology, the main theoretical advances provided by the perspectives of authenticity, strangerhood, play and conflict have been made with respect to understanding tourists and how they are attracted by real or imaginary differences. However, it is only when a linguistic paradigm is adopted that it can be more clearly seen that the problem for the tourism industry resides in how to market such difference…
Paradigms in tourism research
Tourist satisfaction a highly complex variable
Do Tourists Travel for the Discovery of “Self” or Search for the “Other”
This exclusive department is created to include findings of special significance and to identify areas of subtle research nuances through mutual debates, discourse and discussions. Elenctic method is used wherein knowledge progresses through articulation, cross-examination and rejection of spurious hypotheses. Thus, probe aims at encouraging scholars to think against the grain by unmasking the stereotype and dogmatic that has taken the mould of r…
Probing the Historical Context of Research Probes
Opinion is a readers' column that aims at providing feedback to the editor on the quality of the journal by commenting upon the issues such as thematic coverage, readability, problem solving approach, presentation and usability of content. Despite the best efforts of the editors and referees' strict scrutiny and evaluation of the submission, there are chances that some kernel of truth remains to be discovered. This section encourages readers to e…
Remodelling a changing language of tourism: From Monologue to Dialogue and Trialogue
When the "language of tourism" was initially articulated, tourism formed part of the modernist project, wherein its unilateral, monological discourse was framed within the parameters of social control. However, there is evidence today that it has now been transformed on account of the digitalised communication of the Internet. Indeed, there is currently a more egalitarian, postmodern ethos of dialogue, or even trialogue, between the key players o…
Tourism research on the Caribbean: An evaluation
A content analytical review of a select bibliography of tourism research on the anglophone Caribbean is provided according to time period, territorial focus, subject area, and authorship. Salient features of the literature are described along with their deficiencies. More specifically, questions of theory and method are examined, and certain suggestions are offered where improvement can be made
Rooms for Rent
Inspired by insights from Topor's Le Locataire Chimérique (1964) and Roman Polanski's 1976 film version of The Tenant, this subjective account explores the hypothesis that because people own virtually nothing they are paradoxically attracted by a tourism which provides situations that are likewise bereft of belonging and identity within an alternative culture. The reflection covers three phases: pre-trip, travel and on-trip. The first contextual …
Santa Marta revisited: Comments on Bélisle and Hoy's “The perceived impact of tourism by residents: A case study in Santa Marta, Colombia”
The Catholic Church and Models of Socio-Religious Change: An Appraisal
The presence of change in the Catholic Church today is generally undisputed. More debatable, however, are the various sociological models offered as interpretations of the phenomenon. This paper briefly examines the advantages and disadvantages of four such models: the typological, dimensional, evolutionary and political. An alternative is suggested in terms of change in religious belonging. The latter is first contextualized before being subject…
«The holiday was simply fantastic»
How often have we heard in answer to the question "How did you enjoy your holiday?", the inevitable reply "It was simply fantastic." Perhaps, knowing the answer in advance has dulled our intellects from further investigating the fuller meaning of such an expression, namely that holidays are essentially experiences in fantasy. In the course of this article I should like to examine briefly the notion of fantasy from both a theoretical and empirical…
Religious Belonging in a Changing Catholic Church
Anomie, ego-enhancement and tourism
The Runaway Church: Post-Conciliar Growth or Decline
Journal Article The Runaway Church: Post-Conciliar Growth or Decline by Peter Hebblethwaite. New York: The Seabury Press, 1975, 265 pp. $8.95 Get access Graham M.S. Dann Graham M.S. Dann University of the West Indies, Barbados Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 38, Issue 2, Summer 1977, Pages 167–168, https://doi.org/10.2307/3710179 Published: 01 July 1977
Tourist satisfaction a highly complex variable
The Catholic Church and Models of Socio-Religious Change: An Appraisal
The presence of change in the Catholic Church today is generally undisputed. More debatable, however, are the various sociological models offered as interpretations of the phenomenon. This paper briefly examines the advantages and disadvantages of four such models: the typological, dimensional, evolutionary and political. An alternative is suggested in terms of change in religious belonging. The latter is first contextualized before being subject…
Religion and Cultural Identity: The Case of Umbanda
Umbanda, a twentieth century religious movement in Brazil, appeals to its adherents in terms of national identity. Its focus on cultural roots may be seen as lending support to such a claim. In the above context major items of belief and ritual are examined and their underlying syncretism highlighted with reference to the religions of the African slaves, the Amerindians, the colonizers and the Kardecist variety of Spiritualism. When combined, the…
The Myth of the Universal Church
Journal Article The Myth of the Universal Church by Frank W. Lewins. Canberra: Faculty of Arts, The Australian National University, 1978, xiii + 164 pp. No price Get access Graham M. S. Dann Graham M. S. Dann University of the West Indies, Barbados Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 40, Issue 2, Summer 1979, Pages 169–171, https://doi.org/10.2307/3709790 Published: 01 July 1979
The Evolution of Dutch Catholicism 1958-1974
Journal Article The Evolution of Dutch Catholicism 1958–1974 by John A. Coleman. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978, viii + 328 pp. $20.00 Get access Graham M. S. Dann Graham M. S. Dann University of the West Indies, Barbados Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 41, Issue 1, Spring 1980, Pages 84–85, https://doi.org/10.2307/3709863 Published: 01 March 1980
Tourism as an Anthropological Subject [and Comments and Reply]
This paper provides a critical evaluationof the growing number of anthropologically oriented studies of tourism and proposes a conceptual framework for future studies. A cross-culturally viable definition of tourism is offered. This definition, which conceives of the tourist as a person at leisure who travels and of tourism as a variety of leisure activity, suggest a transactional view of tourism that involves an encounter between tourist-generat…
Tourist motivation an appraisal
Commentary on Spuriousness and Tourism
The Process of Sociocultural Continuity [and Comments and Replies]
Almost since its inception, anthropology has had a major concern with sociocultural traditionalism and innovation. This paper argues that the terms "tradition" and "change" have created a dichotomy that is counterproductive for understanding how sociocultural systems are utilized by real people to deal with real events. Rather, we should stress the dynamic of continuity wherein "old" and "new" are defined according to the situation at hand. The e…
Comment on Iso-Ahola's “toward a social psychological theory of tourism motivation”
Conference report on the international sociological association
Effective marketing and selling of travel services
Santa Marta revisited: Comments on Bélisle and Hoy's “The perceived impact of tourism by residents: A case study in Santa Marta, Colombia”
Marching the Pilgrims Home: Leadership and Decision Making in an Afro-Caribbean Faith
Journal Article Marching the Pilgrims Home: Leadership and Decision Making in an Afro-Caribbean Faith, by Stephen D. Glazier. Westport & London: Greenwood Press, 1983. xx + 165 pp. $27.50 Get access Graham M.S. Dann Graham M.S. Dann University of the West Indies, Barbados Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 45, Issue 4, Winter 1984, Pages 402–404, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711311 P…
ISA's tourism session
Methodology in tourism research
Tourism research on the Caribbean: An evaluation
A content analytical review of a select bibliography of tourism research on the anglophone Caribbean is provided according to time period, territorial focus, subject area, and authorship. Salient features of the literature are described along with their deficiencies. More specifically, questions of theory and method are examined, and certain suggestions are offered where improvement can be made
Tourism and sociolcultural change in the Caribbean
Reply to Hollinshead
Sociology and tourism
From Sussex to Suva: A reply to David Harrison
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