{"product_id":"the-world-in-a-selfie-isbn-9781788731072","title":"The World in a Selfie","description":"\u003cb\u003eA spirited critique of the cultural politics of the tourist age. Or, why we are all tourists who hate tourists\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe've all been tourists at some point in our lives. How is it we look so condescendingly at people taking selfies in front of the Tower of Pisa? Is there really much to distinguish the package holiday from hipster city-breaks to Berlin or Brooklyn? Why do we engage our free time in an activity we profess to despise?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe World in a Selfie dissects a global cultural phenomenon. For Marco D'Eramo, tourism is not just the most important industry of the century, generating huge waves of people and capital, calling forth a dedicated infrastructure, and upsetting and repurposing the architecture and topography of our cities. It also encapsulates the problem of modernity: the search for authenticity in a world of ersatz pleasures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eD'Eramo retraces the grand tours of the first globetrotters - from Francis Bacon and Samuel Johnson to Arthur de Gobineau and Mark Twain - before assessing the cultural meaning of the beach holiday and the 'UNESCO-cide' of major heritage sites. The tourist selfie will never look the same again.“Marco D’Eramo deconstructs the politics of sightseeing, and the search for authenticity within it.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eThe World in a Selfie\u003c\/i\u003e is digressive, the chapters like a series of meditations that touch on various aspects of travel and tourism.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Sophie Haigney, \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Readable, well-researched and well-written.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMik Sabiers, \u003ci\u003eMorning Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Thought-provoking … This is an intriguing book for sociologists and economists, as well as for serious travelers wishing to understand their impact as they once again move about the globe.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eCindy Pauldine, \u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred Review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A bracing, provocative examination of an all-too-human pastime.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eBenjamin Shull, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A fascinating journalistic approach to one the biggest influences on our economy and imaginations, \u003ci\u003eThe World in a Selfie\u003c\/i\u003e spellbinds. A wonderful read for travelers and non-travelers in the new world of a pandemic.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChampagne Living\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The truth is that tourists have always been unpopular … The root of the stigmatisation, argues Marco D’Eramo, is the resentment of rattrapage, one social class catching up with another.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eTom Robbins, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A sophisticated, engaging, clever book.”\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Berliner Zeitung\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Surprising and unsettling, putting certainties we take for granted into crisis.”\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Internazionale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Provocative and entertaining.”\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Der Tagesspiegel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A work of intelligence and wit.”\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—la Repubblica\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Fun and challenging, \u003ci\u003eThe World in a Selfie\u003c\/i\u003e mixes the flavors of Mark Twain, Karl Marx, and theme parks to result in a real and welcome trip elsewhere.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Meredith Grahl Counts, \u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A provocative take on the meanings of contemporary travel.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jim Gladstone, \u003ci\u003ePassport Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “In a summer when all our assumptions about travel and tourism are being called into question, this engrossing book, newly translated from Italian, is the ideal guide.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Tom Robbins, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e (“Summer books of 2021”)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarco d'Eramo\u003c\/b\u003e is an Italian journalist and social theorist. He worked at the newspaper il manifesto for over thirty years. He writes for \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review, MicroMega \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eBerlin daily Die Tageszeitung\u003c\/i\u003e. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Pig and the Skyscraper: Chicago, A History of Our Future\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been translated into several languages. He lives in Rome.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300075852005,"sku":"NP9781788731072","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781788731072.jpg?v=1767742311","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-world-in-a-selfie-isbn-9781788731072","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}