Behind the smile : the working lives of Caribbean tourism / George Gmelch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gmelch, George.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism--Caribbean Area--Anecdotes.

Tourism.

Tourism--Caribbean Area--Employees--Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Behind the Smile is an inside look at the world of Caribbean tourism as seen through the lives of the men and women in the tourist industry in Barbados. The workers represent every level of tourism, from maid to hotel manager, beach gigolo to taxi driver, red cap to diving instructor. These highly personal accounts offer insight into complex questions surrounding tourism: how race shapes interactions between tourists and workers, how tourists may become agents of cultural change, the meaning of sexual encounters between locals and tourists, and the real economic and ecological costs of deve

Contents:

CONTENTS; Preface; Preface to the Second Edition; 1 Island Tourism; 2 Work and Encounters in Tourism; 3 The Airport; 4 The Hotel; 5 The Beach; 6 The Attractions; 7 The Research and Promotion of Tourism; 8 Conclusion; Epilogue: Student Encounters with Tourists and Tourism; Acknowledgments; Acknowledgments for the Second Edition; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786613529671

9781280125812

1280125810

9780253001290

0253001293

OCLC:

784938609