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What Is Arctic Tourism, and Who Should Define It?

Implication of an Anglo-American Hegemony in Academic Writing

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This chapter discusses the Anglo-American hegemony of academic writing about Arctic tourism. This is often reckoned as a periphery and this term is also discussed. It is argued here that this hegemony results in some off accounts. The chapter shows how some of the writing about Arctic tourism in academic books and journals tends to be very inaccurate and general, adding to a perception of these geographical areas as less developed and modern. However, it is also shown that there are research rather indicating the opposite – that the “periphery” is an integrated part of a global hybridity, but also that to break the hegemony is a challenging matter.

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  1. Department of Sociology, Political Science and Community Planning, University of Tromsø, 9037, Tromsø, Norway

    Arvid Viken

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  1. , Department of Geography and Economic His, Umeå University, Samhällsvetarhuset, Plan 3, Umeå, SE-901 87, Sweden

    Dieter K. Müller

  2. , Department of Geography and Economic His, Umeå University, Samhällsvetarhuset, Plan 3, Umeå, SE-901 87, Sweden

    Linda Lundmark

  3. , School of Outdoor Recreation, Parks and, Lakehead University, Oliver Rd. 955, Thunder Bay, P7B 5E1, Ontario, Canada

    Raynald H. Lemelin

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Viken, A. (2013). What Is Arctic Tourism, and Who Should Define It?. In: Müller, D., Lundmark, L., Lemelin, R. (eds) New Issues in Polar Tourism. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5884-1_3

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