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Umfang: 1 online resource (290 pages)

ISBN: 9780813550312

Inhalt: The British Virgin Islands (BVI) markets itself to international visitors as a paradise. But just whose paradise is it? Take Me to My Paradise looks at the many players in the BVI tourism culture, including immigrants working in a tourism economy, nationalists struggling to maintain some control, and the anthropologist trying to make sense of it all. The result is a richly detailed and accessible ethnography on the impact of tourism on a country that came into being as a tourist destination.

Inhalt: Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Notes and Names -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.

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Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 9780813548098

Weitere Ausg.: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780813548098

Sprache: Englisch

Schlagwort(e): Electronic books

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Umfang: XVII, 270 S , Ill.

ISBN: 9780813548098 , 9780813548104

Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references and index

Sprache: Englisch

Fachgebiete: Wirtschaftswissenschaften , Ethnologie

Schlagwort(e): British Virgin Islands ; Tourismus ; Nationalbewusstsein

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Umfang: 1 online resource (290 p.)

Ausgabe: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-283-86419-3 , 0-8135-5031-9

Inhalt: The British Virgin Islands (BVI) markets itself to international visitors as a paradise. But just whose paradise is it? Colleen Ballerino Cohen looks at the many players in the BVI tourism culture, from the tourists who leave their graffiti at beach bars that are popularized in song, to the waiters who serve them and the singers who entertain them. Interweaving more than twenty years of field notes, Cohen provides a firsthand analysis of how tourism transformed the BVI from a small neglected British colony to a modern nation that competes in a global economic market. With its close reading of everything from advertisements to political manifestos and constitutional reforms, Take Me to My Paradise deepens our understanding of how nationalism develops hand-in-hand with tourism, and documents the uneven impact of economic prosperity upon different populations. We hear multiple voices, including immigrants working in a tourism economy, nationalists struggling to maintain some control, and the anthropologist trying to make sense of it all. The result is a richly detailed and accessible ethnography on the impact of tourism on a country that came into being as a tourist destination.

Anmerkung: Description based upon print version of record. , Front matter -- , Contents -- , Illustrations -- , Acknowledgments -- , A Note on Notes and Names -- , Introduction: Take Me to My Paradise -- , Chapter 1: Tourism’s Paradise -- , Chapter 2. Making Paradise as a Tourist Desti-Nation -- , Chapter 3. “Nature’s Little Secrets” -- , Chapter 4. Cultural Negotiations -- , Chapter 5. Like Looking at Ourselves in a Mirror -- , Chapter 6. Stanley’s Swing and Other Intimate Encounters -- , Chapter 7. Of Festivals, Calypso Kings, and Beauty Queens -- , Chapter 8. Performing Paradise and Making Culture -- , Conclusion: Technically, It’s a Country -- , References -- , Index -- , About the Author , English

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 0-8135-4810-1

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 0-8135-4809-8

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.36019/9780813550312

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813550312