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Backpacking Culture and Mobilities : Independent and Nomadic Travel / ed. by Michael O'Regan.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Tourism and Cultural Change ; 61
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Backpacking--Social aspects.
- Backpacking.
- Independent travel--Social aspects.
- Independent travel.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, UK; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Channel View Publications, [2023]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This book presents fresh contributions from various disciplines, capturing the diversity of backpacker contexts, types and form. It aims to make sense of current research in order to understand backpacking’s future, and produce new directions for conceptual, theoretical and methodological development and future research.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: Backpacking – A Tired Narrative or New Beginnings?
- Part 1: Ontological Approaches and Mobile Methods
- 2 Thirty Years of Backpacker Research: A Systematic Literature Review
- 3 The Go-along: A Mobile Method for Backpacker Research
- Part 2: International Backpacking
- 4 The Motivations and Constraints of Chinese ‘Donkey Friends’
- 5 Identity Construction of Chinese Outbound Backpackers in Europe
- 6 Family Backpacking in India: The Case of Israeli Families
- 7 The Rise and Decline of Indonesian Backpacking
- 8 Iranian Female Backpackers and their Surrounding Community
- Part 3: Backpacker Socialisation, Hostels and Learning
- 9 Travel and Transformation: Negotiating Identity in Post-Journey Life
- 10 The Backpacker Hostel: Performing and Experiencing ‘Place’ in Central America
- 11 Backpacker Lifestyle Entrepreneurism: Resident Perspectives on Hedonistic Events and Backpackaging
- Part 4: Concluding Thoughts
- 12 After the Pandemic: Future Directions for Backpacking and Backpacking Research
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023)
- ISBN:
- 1-84541-808-5
- OCLC:
- 1348336872
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