UID:
almafu_9959234001402883
Format:
1 online resource (317 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-38657-5
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0-415-75412-7
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1-134-38658-3
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1-280-07752-2
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0-203-45838-9
Series Statement:
Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility ; 6
Content:
The book introduces the main features and constructs of diasporas, and explores their implications for the consumption, production and practices of tourism.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 'My field is the world': conceptualizing diasporas, travel and tourism; Diasporic experiences of tourism; Tourism and third space populations: the restless motion of diaspora peoples; Conceptualizing return visits: a transnational perspective; Tourism, racism and the UK Afro-Caribbean diaspora; Linking diasporas and tourism: transnational mobilities of Pacific Islanders resident in New Zealand; Jewish past as a 'foreign country': the travel experiences of American Jews
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American children of the African diaspora: journeys to the motherlandPreparation, simulation and the creation of community: Exodus and the case of diaspora education tourism; 'To stand in the shoes of my ancestors': tourism and genealogy; Settings and spaces for diaspora tourism; The 'isle of home' is always on your mind: subjectivity and space at Ellis Island Immigration Museum; The culture of tourism in the diaspora: the case of the Vietnamese community in Australia; Mobilizing Hrvatsko: tourism and politics in the Croatian diaspora
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Sojourners, guanxi and clan associations: social capital and overseas Chinese tourism to ChinaMobilizing diasporas for tourism; Diaspora, cultural capital and the production of tourism: lessons from enticing Jewish-Americans to Germany; Mae'n Bryd I ddod Adref It's Time to Come Home: exploring the contested emotional geographies of Wales; India and the ambivalences of diaspora tourism; Reinventing Tulip Time: evolving diasporic Dutch heritage celebration in Holland (Michigan); Selling diaspora: producing and segmenting the Jewish diaspora tourism market
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Tourism and diasporas: current issues and future opportunitiesIndex
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-203-34707-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-31124-1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203458389