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Cosmopolitanism and Tourism : Rethinking Theory and Practice.
ISBN:
9781498549783
Title:
Cosmopolitanism and Tourism : Rethinking Theory and Practice.
Author:
Shepherd, Robert.
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (235 pages)
Series:
The Anthropology of Tourism: Heritage, Mobility, and Society
Contents:
Cover -- Cosmopolitanism and Tourism -- Cosmopolitanism and Tourism -- Contents -- Introduction -- Cosmopolitanism, Past And Present -- Cosmopolitanism As The Final Stage Of Liberalism -- Cosmopolitanism And Tourism -- Situating Tourism Within Cosmopolitanism -- Notes -- References -- Part I -- COSMOPOLITANS ON TOUR -- Chapter 1 -- A Cosmopolitan Sense of Place -- An Ambulatory Preamble -- Bringing The Margins Into Focus -- (per)forming Precarious Identities -- The Most Irish Of Cities, Or The City Of Strangers? -- From Parochial To Cosmopolitan Ireland -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Are We (Still) the World? -- Good And Bad Travelers And Random Natives -- Service Zones And Ancient Lands -- Doing Service, Doing Asia -- Weird Scenes Of Service And Ritual -- Trains, Planes, Boats, And Cigarettes -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Striving for Cosmopolitanism -- Methodology -- Volunteers' Musings On Problematic Locals In Guatemala -- Auto-critiques Of Voluntourism: "nothing To Contribute Besides Their Good Will" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 -- Making the Strange Familiar, but not Necessarily the Familiar Strange -- Crafting A Tour -- Personal Relationships On Tour -- Conclusion: The Limits To Cosmopolitan Travel -- Notes -- References -- Part II -- ENCOUNTERING COSMOPOLITANISM -- Chapter 5 -- From Bieber to the Buddha -- Putting The Cosmos Back Into Cosmopolitanism -- Timepass In Bodh Gaya's Global Bazaar -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 -- Dirty Work, Glamorous Migrant -- Reproducing Global Racial And National Hierarchies (a.k.a. Surviving Emirates Airlines' Cosmopolitan Crew Culture) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7 -- The Color Purple -- Situating The Bagobo -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8 -- "Local-politan" Gastronomy and Bolivian Cuisine.

Gustu: A Restaurant In Bolivia, Or A Bolivian Restaurant? -- Quinoa: Exporting The Local -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- Cosmopolitan Travels In (imagined) Difference -- Cosmopolitan Chapters -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Contributors.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Format:
Electronic Resources
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Publication Date:
2017
Publication Information:
Lanham :

Lexington Books,

2017.

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