Slum tourism : poverty, power and ethics / edited by Fabian Frenzel, Ko Koens and Malte Steinbrink.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Frenzel, Fabian, 1975-

Koens, Ko.

Steinbrink, Malte.

Series:

Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility.

Routledge studies in contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility ; 32.

Routledge studies in contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility ; 32

Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility. Routledge studies in contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism and mobility

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slums.

Tourism--Environmental aspects.

Tourism.

Tourism--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Slum tourism is a globalizing trend and a controversial form of tourism. Impoverished urban areas have always enticed the popular imagination, considered to be places of 'otherness', 'moral decay', 'deviant liberty' or 'authenticity'. 'Slumming' has a long tradition in the Global North, for example in Victorian London when the upper classes toured the East End. What is new, however, is its development dynamics and its rapidly spreading popularity across the globe. Township tourism and favela tourism have currently reached mass tourism characteristics in South Africa and in Rio de Janeiro, B

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Development and globalization of a new trend in tourism; PART I Situating slum tourism; 2 Wanting to live with common people . . .? The literary evolution of slumming; 3 Beyond 'Othering': the political roots of slum tourism; 4 Slum tourism: for the poor, by the poor; 5 Competition, cooperation and collaboration: business relations and power in township tourism; PART II Representation of poverty; 6 A forgotten place to remember: reflections on the attempt to turn a favela into a museum

7 Tourism of poverty: the value of being poor in the non-governmental order8 Negotiating poverty: the interplay between Dharavi's production and consumption as a tourist destination; 9 Reading the Bangkok slum; PART III Slum tourism and empowerment; 10 Favela tourism: listening to local voices; 11 Slum tourism and inclusive urban development: reflections on China; 12 Poverty tourism as advocacy: a case in Bangkok; 13 Curatorial interventions in township tours: two trajectories; 14 Keep on slumming?; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-136-48795-6

1-280-77648-X

9786613686879

0-203-13675-6

1-136-48796-4

9780203136751

OCLC:

804665746