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From ‘logging capital’ to ‘tourism phenomenon’ : the impact of literary tourism on Forks, WA., United States of America
Dissertation (MHCS)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/45925 From ‘logging capital’ to ‘tourism phenomenon’ : the impact of literary tourism on Forks, WA., United States of America Harris, Karen Leigh Herselman, Charlene UCTD Literary tourism Film tourism Vampire tourism The Twilight Saga Heritage and cultural tourism Stephenie Meyer Washington Dissertation (MHCS)--University of Pretoria, 2014. Literary tourism refers to any travel inspired by literature. This dissertation considers literary tourism from the perspective of a contemporary literary tourism attraction. It investigates the origins of literary tourism both in the historical context as well as in academic writing as interdisciplinary research between geography and literature. The current state of literary tourism research is also considered and the main research themes at present are identified, that is, authenticity and who the literary tourists are. This study also considers what the future might hold for literary tourism by looking at popular contemporary examples, including the works of J.K. Rowling, G.R.R. Martin, J.R.R. Tolkien, Dan Brown, Stieg Larsson and L.J. Smith. In this context, literary tourism’s reciprocal relationship with film tourism is unpacked. This dissertation then moves on to discuss the main focus of this investigation. A mere decade ago, the world was unaware of a book series called The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer. Yet in a few short years, the literary tourism associated with this series has turned a small town in northwest Washington State into a tourism phenomenon. This study considers the development, extent and impact of literary tourism on this town, called Forks. It also considers other literary and film tourism sites associated with The Twilight Saga to show the vast range of the impact literature can have on tourism. tm2015 Historical and Heritage Studies MHCS Unrestricted 2015-07-02T11:06:02Z 2015-07-02T11:06:02Z 2015/04/24 2014 Dissertation Herselman, C 2014, From ‘logging capital’ to ‘tourism phenomenon’ : the impact of literary tourism on Forks, WA., United States of America, MHCS Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45925> A2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45925 en © 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Literary tourism Film tourism Vampire tourism The Twilight Saga Heritage and cultural tourism Stephenie Meyer Washington From ‘logging capital’ to ‘tourism phenomenon’ : the impact of literary tourism on Forks, WA., United States of America |
| title | From ‘logging capital’ to ‘tourism phenomenon’ : the impact of literary tourism on Forks, WA., United States of America |
| title_full | From ‘logging capital’ to ‘tourism phenomenon’ : the impact of literary tourism on Forks, WA., United States of America |
| title_fullStr | From ‘logging capital’ to ‘tourism phenomenon’ : the impact of literary tourism on Forks, WA., United States of America |
| title_full_unstemmed | From ‘logging capital’ to ‘tourism phenomenon’ : the impact of literary tourism on Forks, WA., United States of America |
| title_short | From ‘logging capital’ to ‘tourism phenomenon’ : the impact of literary tourism on Forks, WA., United States of America |
| title_sort | from logging capital to tourism phenomenon the impact of literary tourism on forks wa united states of america |
| topic | UCTD Literary tourism Film tourism Vampire tourism The Twilight Saga Heritage and cultural tourism Stephenie Meyer Washington |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45925 |