Cosmopolitanism and Tourism

Rethinking Theory and Practice
Herausgeber: Shepherd, Robert

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Produktbeschreibung

Within tourism studies, the cosmopolitan potentials of tourism have often been situated within a broader conversation about globalization, an approach that implies that cosmopolitanism is a predictable by-product of globalization and becoming more cosmopolitan should be the goal of travel. And yet a fundamental value of a cosmopolitan outlook-namely, to not only to be "at home in the world" but also to experience the world in an authentic sense-depends on the culturally embedded, parochial, and particular world views which it rejects. In Cosmopolitanism and Tourism: Rethinking Theory and Practice, contributors take this as a starting point. What does a "worldly" consciousness mean to people situated in different cultural landscapes and to what extent might these intersect with cosmopolitan values? How is cosmopolitanism marketed in tourism and tourist-related industries such as service learning and study abroad? And finally, what roles do social and economic class, educational background, gender, and other factors have in cosmopolitan claims? The contributors to this edited collection address these questions in a series of case studies that range from Guatemala, Bolivia, and Ireland to China, India, and Dubai. For more information, check out A Conversation with Robert Shepherd, author of Cosmopolitanism and Tourism: Rethinking Theory and Practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9781498549776
• ISBN-10: 1498549772
• Artikelnr.: 49457431

Autorenporträt

Edited by Robert Shepherd - Afterword by Noel B. Salazar - Contributions by Adam Kaul; Ben Feinberg; Sarah E. Edwards; Rebecca L. Nelson; David Geary; Alex Jong-Seok Lee; Cherubim Quizon; Clare A. Sammells and Robert Shepherd

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Cosmopolitans on Tour Chapter 1: A Cosmopolitan Sense of Place:
Busking, Tourism, and Performance in 'The City of Strangers' by Adam Kaul
Chapter 2: Are We (Still) the World? Service Learning and the Weird Slot in
Student Narratives of Study Abroad by Ben Feinberg and Sarah E. Edwards
Chapter 3: Striving for Cosmopolitanism: Voluntouristic Encounters in
Guatemala by Rebecca L. Nelson Chapter 4: Making the Strange Familiar, but
not Necessarily the Familiar Strange: On Tour in China by Robert Shepherd
Part II: Encountering Cosmopolitanism Chapter 5: From Bieber to the Buddha:
"Friendly Guides" and Cosmopolitanism from Below in Bodh Gaya, India by
David Geary Chapter 6: Dirty Work, Glamorous Migrant: Korean Emirates
Airlines Female Flight Attendants and Cosmopolitan Racial and National
Hierarchies Alex Jong-Seok Lee Chapter 7: The Color Purple: Indigenous
Weavers, Heritage Cloth and Interpretations of Cosmopolitanism in Practice
by Cherubim Quizon Chapter 8: "Local-politan" Gastronomy and Bolivian
Cuisine: How the Cosmopolitan is Forged from the Local by Clare A. Sammells