Ebook: Nature in translation: Japanese tourism encounters the Canadian Rockies
Author: Satsuka Shiho
- Tags: Civilization, Ecotourism, Ecotourism--Alberta--Banff National Park, Japanese, Japanese--Alberta--Banff National Park, Japanese--Travel, Japanese--Travel--Alberta--Banff National Park, Tour guides--Alberta--Banff National Park, Tour guides--Japan, Travel, Electronic books, Japanese -- Alberta -- Banff National Park, Tour guides -- Alberta -- Banff National Park, Tour guides -- Japan, Japanese -- Travel -- Alberta -- Banff National Park, Ecotourism -- Alberta -- Banff National Park, Banff National Park (Alta.) --
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Duke University Press Books
- City: Alberta;Banff National Park;Banff National Park (Alta.);Durham North Carolina;Japan;London England
- Language: English
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In Nature in Translation Shiho Satsuka studies Japanese tour guides who lead Japanese tourists on trips through the Canadian Rockies. By presenting nature in ways attuned to Japanese culture, these guides translate nature, a process that makes visible the cultural construction of nature and subjectivities.
Cover -- Contents -- Notes on Transliteration -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue. A Journey to Magnificent Nature ... or Why Nature Needs to Be Understood in Translation -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Narratives of Freedom -- Chapter 2. Populist Cosmopolitanism -- Chapter 3. The Co-Modification of Self -- Chapter 4. Gender in Nature Neverland -- Chapter 5. The Interpretation of Nature -- Chapter 6. The Allure of Ecology -- Epilogue. Found in Translation -- Notes -- Reference List -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.