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

Abstract This article explores the conflation of modernism and postmodernism at two tourist sites involving the representation of a Vikingpast 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 analys...

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Published in:Journal of American Folklore
Main Author: Fife, Wayne
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Illinois Press 2004
Subjects:
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Cultural Studies
Canada
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4137819
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spelling crunivillinoispr:10.2307/4137819 2024-01-07T09:44:53+01:00 Penetrating Types: Conflating Modernist and Postmodernist Tourism on the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland Fife, Wayne 2004 http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4137819 https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaf/article-pdf/117/464/147/1890348/4137819.pdf en eng University of Illinois Press Journal of American Folklore volume 117, issue 464, page 147-167 ISSN 0021-8715 1535-1882 Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Cultural Studies journal-article 2004 crunivillinoispr https://doi.org/10.2307/4137819 2023-12-10T14:56:34Z Abstract This article explores the conflation of modernism and postmodernism at two tourist sites involving the representation of a Vikingpast 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 UI Press - University of Illinois Press (via Crossref) Canada 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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description Abstract This article explores the conflation of modernism and postmodernism at two tourist sites involving the representation of a Vikingpast 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.
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