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Cultures of mass tourism : doing the Mediterranean in the age of banal mobilities / edited by Pau Obrador Pons, Mike Crang and Penny Travlou.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Pons, Pau Obrador.
Crang, Mike.
Travlou, Penny.
Series:
New directions in tourism analysis.
New directions in tourism analysis
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Tourism--Mediterranean Region--Marketing.
Tourism.
Culture and tourism--Mediterranean Region.
Culture and tourism.
Package tours--Mediterranean Region.
Package tours.
Mediterranean Region--Social conditions.
Mediterranean Region.
Mediterranean Region--Economic conditions.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (192 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2009.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Cultures of Mass Tourism discusses how mass tourism has brought about new social and cultural formations that mix global, national and local influences and offers a series of insights into some of the key sites. It looks at the new forms and spaces created, as well as the social practices and materialities of mass tourism to provide an thorough analysis of the subject.
Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Authors; 1 Introduction: Taking Mediterranean Tourists Seriously; 2 Morocco: Restaging Colonialism for the Masses; 3 Banal Tourism? Between Cosmopolitanism and Orientalism; 4 The Island That Was Not There: Producing Corelli's Island, Staging Kefalonia; 5 The Mediterranean Pool: Cultivating Hospitality in the Coastal Hotel; 6 'De Veraneo en la Playa': Belonging and the Familiar in Mediterranean Mass Tourism; 7 Hosts and Guests, Guests and Hosts: British Residential Tourism in the Costa del Sol; 8 Mobile Practice and Youth Tourism
9 Corrupted Seas: The Mediterranean in the Age of Mass MobilityIndex
Notes:
Includes index.
Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
ISBN:
1-315-57556-6
1-317-15565-3
1-317-15564-5
1-282-26143-6
9786612261435
0-7546-9776-2
9781315575568
OCLC:
436870486

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