Penetrating Types: Conflating Modernist and Postmodernist Tourism on the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland

This article explores the conflation of modernism and postmodernism at two tourist sites involving the representation of a Viking past in Newfoundland, Canada. The archaeologically based site at L'Anse aux Meadows is compared to the purpose-built tourist site of Norstead, and both are analysed...

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Published in:Journal of American Folklore
Main Author: Fife, Wayne
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Project MUSE 2004
Subjects:
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Cultural Studies
Canada
L'Anse aux Meadows
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2004.0036
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spelling crjohnshopkinsun:10.1353/jaf.2004.0036 2024-03-03T08:46:40+00:00 Penetrating Types: Conflating Modernist and Postmodernist Tourism on the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland Fife, Wayne 2004 http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2004.0036 en eng Project MUSE Journal of American Folklore volume 117, issue 464, page 147-167 ISSN 1535-1882 Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Cultural Studies journal-article 2004 crjohnshopkinsun https://doi.org/10.1353/jaf.2004.0036 2024-02-03T23:20:50Z This article explores the conflation of modernism and postmodernism at two tourist sites involving the representation of a Viking past in Newfoundland, Canada. The archaeologically based site at L'Anse aux Meadows is compared to the purpose-built tourist site of Norstead, and both are analysed in terms of the hybridity that occurs within each location. Rationalist versus aesthetic forms of authenticity are considered in relation to the construction of tourist experiences in the twenty-first century. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland Johns Hopkins University Press Canada L'Anse aux Meadows ENVELOPE(-55.531,-55.531,51.600,51.600) Journal of American Folklore 117 464 147 167
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Penetrating Types: Conflating Modernist and Postmodernist Tourism on the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland
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