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Silence is golden: Elitism, linguascaping and 'anti-communication' in luxury tourism

Crispin Thurlow and Adam Jaworski

A chapter to be published (2009) in Jaworski & Thurlow (eds), Semiotic Landscapes: Language, Image, Space. London: Continuum.

Lexicalization and metamorphization | Non-interactive represented participants | Disengaged viewing participants | Inactivity, stillness and "empty" spaces | The silence of nature | Multimodal design

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Elite imaginations: The visual spatialization of luxury and privilege in super-elite tourism discourse

Crispin Thurlow, Irina Gendelman & Adam Jaworski

A paper to be submitted (2009) to Social Semiotics

Colonialism | Couples | Desiring Spaces | Empty Pools | Exclusive Space | Global Gaze | Horizons | Landscapes | Little People | Man's World | Rapture