"At the same time, there is a staged quality to the proceedings that lends to them an aura of superficiality, albeit a superficiality not always perceived as such by the tourist, who is usually forgiving about these matters". . . .
"This type of experience is produced through the use of a new kind of social space that is opening up everywhere in our society. It is a space for outsiders who are permitted to view details of the inner operation of a commercial, domestic, industrial or public institution."
MacCannell,Dean. 1976. Staged Authenticity. In The Tourist: a New Theory of the Leisure Class. New Youk: Schocken Books, pp98-99.
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