Download citation tourism consumption and representation narratives of place and self this book addresses the practices of consumption in tourism a major theme in the sociology of tourism. This book addresses the practices of consumption in tourism a major theme in the sociology of tourism to date most tourism analysis has tended to concentrate on the production of tourist space and assume that tourism consumption simply mirrors the intentions of the producers. Tourism consumption and representation narratives of place and self edited by kevin meethan university of plymouth uk alison anderson university of plymouth . This book addresses some new developments in approaches towards tourism analysis that focus on the interface between the production and consumption of tourist space the narratives that are created around specific sites and specific forms of tourist activity and the ways in which these are created picked up modified and incorporated into the narratives of self hood that people weave around their lives and the identities of the places in which they live