Deconstructing Travel

Arthur Asa Berger, retired professor from San Francisco State University, is the author of over 40 books, including the mystery novel/textbook Postmortem for a Postmodernist and The Kabblah Killings and editor of The Postmodern Presence: Readings on Postmodernism in American Culture and Society.

• Chapter 1 Preface and AcknowledgmentsChapter 2 Chapter One: Travelers and TouristsChapter 3 Chapter Two: Aspects of Travel and TourismChapter 4 Chapter Three: The Uses of Travel and TourismChapter 5 Chapter Four: The Tourism IndustryChapter 6 Chapter Five: Travel Advertising: Images and LanguageChapter 7 Chapter Six: Travel Writing as an Art FormChapter 8 Chapter Seven: The Impact of TourismChapter 9 Chapter Eight: Disneyland and Walt Disney WorldChapter 10 Chapter Nine: The End of the RoadChapter 11 BibliographyChapter 12 IndexChapter 13 About the Author

Berger approaches his subject not as a scientist, peering through the microscope to produce a precise dissection but as an artist, and then not a miniaturist but as a presenter of landscapes brought to our attention by a collection of bold brush strokes borrowed for present purposes from any number of schools and pressed into service to create a wonderfully evocative and interesting pastiche. . . Berger is at his best when discussing travel writing.