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Kunst für Touristen: die Welt der Reisenden im Souvenir

Art for tourists: the world of travellers reflected by souvenirs
[journal article]

Thurner, Ingrid

Abstract

Tourist art (souvenir art, airport art) is produced particularly for the tourist market. Only certain types of traditional arts and crafts are acceptable to the buyer. As souvenirs have to be understandable, they must be adjusted to the cultural background of the tourist, to his cognitive system. Th... view more

Tourist art (souvenir art, airport art) is produced particularly for the tourist market. Only certain types of traditional arts and crafts are acceptable to the buyer. As souvenirs have to be understandable, they must be adjusted to the cultural background of the tourist, to his cognitive system. Thus arts and crafts of indigenous peoples are subject to changes. Persons who are in contact with tourists' culture (e.g. traders) take influence on form and design of the items. As a result of these changes, souvenirs do contain cultural elements of the tourist's world as well as cultural elements of the foreign country. Hence souvenir art reflects tourists' ideas of the foreign culture. It is part of the tourist's culture perhaps more than part of the foreign culture.... view less


Das Souvenir ist zu einem unverzichtbaren Requisit der touristischen Kultur geworden. Es wird eigens für den Touristen hergestellt. Im folgenden wird die Bedeutung dieser "Kunst für Touristen" aufgezeigt. Souvenirs reflektieren nicht nur kulturelle Elemente des Reisenden, sondern auch kulturelle Ele... view more

Das Souvenir ist zu einem unverzichtbaren Requisit der touristischen Kultur geworden. Es wird eigens für den Touristen hergestellt. Im folgenden wird die Bedeutung dieser "Kunst für Touristen" aufgezeigt. Souvenirs reflektieren nicht nur kulturelle Elemente des Reisenden, sondern auch kulturelle Elemente des Herkunftslandes des Touristen. So versteckt sich unter dem vordergründigen, fremden anderen, dessentwegen es scheinbar gekauft wird, Kultur und Lebenswelt des Touristen. Wie es dazu kommt, daß die Souvenirkunst die Vorstellung des Käufers über sein Reiseland vielmehr reflektiert als sie Kulturelemente des Reiselandes reflektiert, wird erörtert. (psz)... view less

Keywords
behavior; self-image; culture; tourism; cultural identity; art production; art; travel

Classification
Leisure Research
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology

Method
descriptive study

Free Keywords
Souvenirkunst; Touristenkunst; Souvenir; Airport Art; ourist art; souvenir art; art for tourists

Document language
German

Publication Year
1994

Page/Pages
p. 1-21

Journal
Sociologus : Zeitschrift für empirische Ethnosoziologie und Ethnopsychologie, 44 (1994) 1

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works


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