1. Doing tourism ethnography -- Ethnography -- Tourism ethnography -- This book -- References -- 2. "This research project is not ready": Ethics and institutional hurdles in a neoliberal era -- Introduction -- On not being ready -- Suicide tourism: from Beachy Head to Dignitas -- Research questions -- Calling in the Chaplaincy Team -- Ethical review and neoliberal commentary -- Recovery -- Note -- References -- 3. Ethics of the ethnographic self in nightlife tourism arenas -- Introduction -- Ethics and intoxication -- Informed consent -- The role and positionality of the researcher -- Safety of the researcher and participants -- Discussion and conclusion -- References -- 4. Autoethnography and power in a tourism researcher position: A self-reflexive exploration of unawareness, memories and paternalism among Namibian Bushmen -- Introduction -- Living in Tsintsabis -- Memories of development and paternalism at Treesleeper -- Methodological analysis: open, retrospective, analytic autoethnography in tourism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 5. 'Crafting an entrance': Gender's role in gaining and maintaining access in tourism ethnography and knowledge creation -- Introduction -- Literature review -- Gender in tourism labour -- Methods -- Findings -- Conclusions -- References -- 6. The permanent and the ephemeral in tourism fieldwork -- Introduction -- Conceptual questions -- Ethnographic experiences: insights and reflections -- Final comments -- Notes -- References -- 7. Being in the field in Bali: A reflection on fieldwork challenges in community-based tourism research -- Introduction -- The Balinese village: a 'field' of complexity and difference -- Entry into the field and its anthropological challenges -- The fieldwork limbo: identity and the role of money in tourism fieldwork -- Conclusion -- References -- 8. Pilgrimage tourism and cultural route team ethnographies in the Iberian Peninsula: A collaborative study -- Introduction -- Anthropologists researching tourism: a global need -- Diversities in tourism anthropology and diverse tourism -- From individual to team tourism ethnographies -- Team ethnographies from the CPIS to Santiago de Compostela -- Team ethnography, or 'when two heads are better than one' -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 9. Everyone has a traveller's tale to tell: How oral history can contribute to tourism ethnography -- Introduction -- What is oral history? -- What makes oral history different? -- Ethnography and orality -- Conclusion -- References -- 10. Growing me growing you: Collaborative student fieldwork in tourism research -- Introduction -- Engaging the field(s) -- 'Culture, markets and consumption': a reflexive student ethnography -- Reflections of collaborative fieldwork -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- 11. The postmodern turn in tourism ethnography: Writing against culture -- Introduction -- Representation problems -- Telling 'other' tales of the field -- Writing against culture in tourism -- Discourses and master narratives -- Connections in the mobile world -- Ethnography of particular and individual tourist experiences -- Conclusion -- References -- 12. Afterword: Less than easy tourism research in a world of fun -- Wild zones -- The ongoing epistemic -- Team research -- References -- Index.