Cosmopolitanism and tourism : rethinking theory and practice / edited by Robert Shepherd.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shepherd, Robert J., 1958- editor.

Series:

Anthropology of tourism: heritage, mobility, and society.

Anthropology of Tourism : Heritage, Mobility, and Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism--Case studies.

Tourism.

Cosmopolitanism--Case studies.

Cosmopolitanism.

Culture and tourism--Case studies.

Culture and tourism.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]

Summary:

"Utilizing case studies from Guatemala, Bolivia, and Ireland to China, India, and Dubai, the contributors to Cosmopolitanism and Tourism question whether cosmopolitan subjectivity is still the desired aim of all travelers, as is commonly believed within the field of tourism studies"-- Provided by publisher.

"Utilizing case studies from Guatemala, Bolivia, and Ireland to China, India, and Dubai, the contributors to Cosmopolitanism and Tourism question whether cosmopolitan subjectivity is still the desired aim of all travelers, as is commonly believed within the field of tourism studies" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : cosmopolitanism and tourism in a post-Hegelian age / Robert Shepherd

A cosmopolitan sense of place : busking, tourism, and performance in the city of strangers / Adam Kaul

Are we (still) the world? Service learning and the weird slot in student narratives of study abroad / Ben Feinberg and Sarah E. Edwards

Striving for cosmopolitanism : voluntouristic encounters in Guatemala / Rebecca L. Nelson

Making the strange familiar, but not necessarily the familiar strange : on tour in China / Robert Shepherd

From Bieber to the Buddha : "Friendly guides" and cosmopolitanism from below in Bodh Gaya, India / David Geary

Dirty work, glamorous migrant : Korean Emirates airlines female flight attendants and cosmopolitan racial and national hierarchies / Alex Jong-Seok Lee

The color purple : indigenous weavers, heritage cloth and interpretations of cosmopolitanism in practice / Cherubim Quizon

"Local-politan" gastronomy and Bolivian cuisine : how the cosmopolitan is forged from the local / Clare A. Sammells

Conclusion : do tourists just want to have fun? / Robert Shepherd.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Cosmopolitanism and tourism.

ISBN:

9781498549776

1498549772

OCLC:

1005698344

Publisher Number:

40028015367