This class will look at the history of travel and tourism in the United States. We will talk about travel writing as a genre and analyse the travelogues of both well-known and less well-known writers. We will focus on how industrialization, urbanization and technological changes have transformed tourism and scrutinize the experience of Americans abroad. Furthermore, this class will highlight how various environmental crises have given rise to new forms of travel and vacation such as slow tourism, last-chance tourism, dark tourism, and eco-tourism.
- Trainer/in: Uwe Lübken