Culture and Society in Tourism Contexts [electronic resource] / A.-M. Nogués-Pedregal.

ISBN:

9780857246844

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Author:

Nogues-Pedregal, A. M.

Publication Information:

Bradford : Emerald Group Pub., 2012.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 251 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Series:

Tourism Social Science Series ; v. 17

Contents:

Front Cover; Culture and Society in Tourism Contexts; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; The social nature of tourism; Structure of the book; Tourism and power; 1. Instrumental Cosmopolitanism: The ''Valorization'' of Heritage and Sociality in Mediterranean Cities; Introduction; Cosmopolitanism in the mediterranean; Conclusion; 2. Touring the Frontier: Reinventing the Eastern Adriatic for Tourism; Introduction; Tourism, national appropriations, and identities; Conclusion; 3. When the Desirable and the Feasible Converge Through Tourism Space; Introduction.

Fragmentary observationsConclusion; Acknowledgments; 4. Negotiating Marrakech: Postcolonial Travels in Morocco; Introduction; Destination Marrakech; Conclusion; 5. Building Tourism in Costa Blanca: Second Homes, Second Chances?; Introduction; Mobilities and the ''building tourism'' complex; Conclusion; 6. Across Social Categories and Boundaries: Transnational Mobilities and Interculturality; Introduction; From hinterland to paradise; Conclusion; 7. Borders of (In)visibility in the Greek Aegean; Introduction; Borders of (in)visibility; Conclusion; Acknowledgments.

Conclusion: Sociocultural Nature and Context of TourismIntroduction; The tempo-spatialization of culture and tourism; Concluding the volume; References; About the authors.

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Subject Term:

Tourism -- Social aspects -- Mediterranean Region.

Tourism.

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Nogues-Pedregal, A. M.

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Publication Date:

2012

Publication Information:

Bradford : Emerald Group Pub., 2012.

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Summary

This book strives to understand the social and cultural dynamics in Mediterranean tourism destinations through ethnographic examples and case studies from places including Greece, Spain, Morocco, Croatia, Lebanon, France, and Crete. Exploring themes such as globalization, cosmopolitanism, leisure mobilities, power, and late capitalism, this volume analyzes the blurring edges of tourism and migration, the role the former plays in the dialogical construction of cultural identities, or how the interconnection between each of the diverse residing sociocultural groups influences the relation with other groups. The work of several social scientists, from different interdisciplinary backgrounds, over numerous years is documented using multiple research techniques to observe cultures and societies as they occur in daily practices. This analysis discovers how tourism characterizes the daily lives of social groups living in tourists' destinations and how it offers a distinctive sense of collective memories, thus unfolding cultures and societies in tourism contexts.