GEO 802 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: American Anthropologist, Las Vegas Boulevard, Chrysler Building
4 Apr 2016
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Many different meanings and concepts of authenticity. Is it genuine? (what is the degree of the historical accuracy?) (is it the way it was during the time of construction?: historical (is the tourism experience believable to the public?) Among the things that concerns tourists is strangely enough tourists. The more tourists often gives the image that the authenticity is called into question. Las vegas boulevard (8 out 10 largest hotels. Venetian (venice look alike, huge hotel in terms of rooms size and overall square footage, small water bodies in hotel to represent real size bodies of water in venice) Ironic is that nobody died because of this. American anthropologist (major american figure, abraham lincoln, efforts of memorialize lincoln"s birthplace is significant. Born in a log cabin in kentucky, you can go see the log cabin, after his assassination his birthplace boomed. Canadians do a great job in celebrating memories and history.
