This, that, and the other: Fraught possibilities of the souvenir

Love, Lisa L.; Kohn, Nathaniel

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“…Swanson & Horridge (2006) consider the relationship between travel motivations and souvenir purchase and work by Kim & Littrell (2001) explores the purchasing intentions of tourists. Dean MacCannell (1999: 147) examines the 'spurious' nature of souvenirs in relation to authenticity, while Love & Sheldon (1998) and Love & Kohn (2001) consider, respectively, the meanings of souvenirs and the 'extraordinary' capacity of such items. Downloaded by [134.117.10.200] at 16:04 16 March 2015…”

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Negotiating the ‘Place’ and ‘Placement’ of Banal Tourist Souvenirs in the Home

Peters

2011

Tourism Geographies

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Souvenirs have been largely ignored in geographic work on tourism. This paper adds to the body of literature concerned with 'tourism geographies' by considering the partial lives of one type of souvenir; those labelled 'banal'. This paper explores the negotiations that arise when such souvenirs (material objects from the exotic, extraordinary, temporary place of tourism) are implanted in the usual, ordinary place of 'home'. It is argued the 'placement' of souvenirs in the home stems from the 'place' the souvenir holds for owners, via their enmeshment in social relationships, processes of fetishization and questions of authenticity. This paper asserts that 'banal' souvenirs (tea towels, bookmarks, food and drink) however 'ordinary' in appearance, and alike to items usually found at home, are just as likely to be placed in significant ways as supposedly authentic, hand-crafted souvenir goods. This paper thus argues that souvenirs offer a novel frame for thinking geographically about tourism.

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Section: Souvenirs Materials Culture Studies and 'Place'mentioning

confidence: 98%

Negotiating the ‘Place’ and ‘Placement’ of Banal Tourist Souvenirs in the Home

Peters

2011

Tourism Geographies

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“…The terms that often appear at the same time as “meaning” indicates that souvenirs have symbolic meaning because they serve as a medium that connects time and space (Morgan & Pritchard, 2005), place and person (Swanson & Timothy, 2012), travel memory, and daily life (Haldrup, 2017). They represent the self-identity of tourists that used to describe themselves in some aspects, such as a desire for an imaginary ideal lifestyle, a narrative of a tourist’s interaction with a place, life, time, persons, and other cultures (Love & Kohn, 2001; Morgan & Pritchard, 2005). Additionally, souvenirs as gifts express the practice of maintaining good social relations with others.…”

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“…A systematic review is essential because it can provide a more precise and comprehensive understanding of the research progress and gaps in souvenir research. It will be conducive to the multi-faceted knowledge creation in this field that many researchers are concerned about (Haldrup, 2017; Love & Kohn, 2001). Therefore, this study aims to conduct a systematic literature review to help researchers understand current research, the main research areas of interest, and research opportunities.…”

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Souvenirs: A Systematic Literature Review (1981–2020) and Research Agenda

Shen¹,

Lai

2022

Sage Open

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With the great economic significance of the souvenir business, academic interest in the souvenir field is increasing. The purposes of this study are to examine the holistic development of souvenirs research from 1981 to 2020, identify research themes and gaps, and suggest future research directions. With the tool of VOSViewer software, bibliometric analysis and systematic quantitative literature review were conducted. The research identifies five existing themes: (1) the souvenir object itself; (2) economic significance and socio-cultural impact; (3) souvenir business and ecology; (4) souvenir shopping behavior; and (5) souvenir shopping satisfaction and its consequences. This thematic map contributes to understanding the essence of souvenirs and their relationship with other tourism system elements; it reveals the possibility of exploring tourism phenomena and addressing the challenges through the souvenir field perspective. It has practical implications for the stakeholders to address issues and struggles for development in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“…This fascination, yet distaste for the ‘exotic Other’ characterizes the colonial gaze, and manifests in the rise of tourism (Hovens, 2016: 91). By visiting ‘the Other’, white tourists were represented with an image that fit the colonial narrative, and by buying their products as souvenirs, they could claim ownership over the experience (Love and Kohn, 2001). In turn, these encounters and the prevailing narrative affected ethnic identity internally and continues to do so (Ambros & Buzinde, 2021; Hoves, 2016: 91) Modern day tourism still reifies an unequal relationship between ‘the tourer’ and ‘the toured’, which mostly translates to visitors from Northern, industrialized countries visiting Southern countries.…”

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‘Just a souvenir?’ Entangled identities within an early 20th century American Indian basket collection

Ahlqvist

Potter

2023

Journal of Material Culture

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In this article, we examine a collection of 47 American Indian baskets collected in the early 20th century, at the height of the ‘basket craze’. Currently stored in a Danish museum without much archival information, the baskets encapsulate art historical developments taking place at the turn of the century, a time fuelled by the Euro-American preoccupation with collecting and displaying Native American artefacts. Academic debates developed around the derived ‘tourist art’ and the colonial framework still haunt Euro-American notions of authenticity. We investigate the baskets, their role, cultural affiliation and significance in a bottom-up approach, with a persistent view to this historical context as well as their material testimony to the agency of the weavers navigating in a transformed economy and legislative restrictions. We show how the baskets materialize the entangled identities of makers, collectors and museums and how interdisciplinary research can provide a spatio-temporal context to overlooked collections.

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This, that, and the other: Fraught possibilities of the souvenir

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Negotiating the ‘Place’ and ‘Placement’ of Banal Tourist Souvenirs in the Home

Negotiating the ‘Place’ and ‘Placement’ of Banal Tourist Souvenirs in the Home

Souvenirs: A Systematic Literature Review (1981–2020) and Research Agenda

‘Just a souvenir?’ Entangled identities within an early 20th century American Indian basket collection

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