Senior Tourism

This volume aims to bridge the disciplinary gap between tourism studies and aging studies. It investigates the intersections of tourism and aging from a variety of perspectives that focus on the many ways in which senior tourism is socially constructed and/or individually experienced. The essays tackle key topics ranging from the socio-economic aspects of post-retirement travel to the representations of the traveling elderly in literature, film and media, and the influence of travel on late-life creativity.

Simone Francescato (PhD) teaches American Culture and Literature at Ca' Foscari University of Venice.

Roberta Maierhofer is a professor of American studies and Director of the Center for Inter-American Studies at Universität Graz, Austria. Her research focuses on (Inter)American literature and culture, gender and age/aging.

Valeria Minghetti is Chief Senior Researcher at CISET.

Eva-Maria Trinkaus is pre-doctoral researcher at the Department of American Studies at the University of Graz, Austria, and executive board member of the European Network in Aging Studies.