Cultures of Mass Tourism

Cultures of Mass Tourism

Doing the Mediterranean in the Age of Banal Mobilities

Crang, Mike; Pons, Pau Obrador

Taylor & Francis Ltd

09/2009

192

Dura

Inglês

9780754672135

15 a 20 dias

Offers a series of insights into some of the key sites of mass Mediterranean tourism, including the beach, the island, the tourist resort and the coastal hotel. This book focuses on the 'mass' element and reflects on the 'banal' experiences of the package tourist.
Contents: Introduction: taking Mediterranean tourists seriously, Pau Obrador Pons, Mike Crang and Penny Travlou; Morocco: restaging colonialism for the masses, Claudio Minca and Rachele Borghi; Banal tourism? Between cosmopolitanism and orientalism, Michael Haldrup; The island that was not there: producing Corelli's island, staging Kefalonia, Mike Crang and Penny Travlou; The Mediterranean pool: cultivating hospitality in the coastal hotel, Pau Obrador Pons; 'De veraneo en la playa': belonging and the familiar in Mediterranean mass tourism, Javier CaletrA-o; Hosts and guests, guests and hosts: British residential tourism in the Costa del Sol, Karen O'Reilly; Mobile practice and youth tourism, Dan Knox; Corrupted seas: the Mediterranean in the age of mass mobility, Pau Obrador Pons, Mike Crang and Penny Travlou; Index,
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