Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 540 g
Literature, Culture, and Environment
Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 540 g
Reihe: Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures
ISBN: 978-0-415-88273-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
This book is the first literary study of postcolonial tourism. Looking at the cultural and ecological effects of mass tourism development in highly exoticized island states that are still grappling with the legacies of western colonialism, Carrigan contends that postcolonial writers not only dramatize the industry’s most exploitative operations but also provide blueprints toward sustainable tourism futures. By locating this argument in the context of interdisciplinary tourism research, the study shows how imaginative literature can extend some of this field’s key theoretical concepts while making an important contribution to the interface between postcolonial studies and ecocriticism. The book also presents a framework for analyzing how an industry that is subject to constant media attention and involves a huge proportion of the global population shapes the cultural, social, and environmental milieux of postcolonial texts.
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Fachgebiete
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen Tourismuswirtschaft, Gastgewerbe
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Rezeption, literarische Einflüsse und Beziehungen
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Postkoloniale Literatur
- Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Tourismus & Reise: Soziologie, Psychologie, Kultur
- Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Tourismus & Reise: Ökonomie, Ökologie
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction Part 1: Tourism and Nature 1. Visual Perception and Touristed Landscapes 2. Contested Environments: Tourism, Indigeneity, and Ideologies of Development 3. Tourism, Desecration, and Sacred Land Part 2: Tourism and Culture 4. Touristification and Cultural Sustainability 5. Tourism and Reindigenization Part 3: Sex, Tourism, and Embodied Experience 6. Sex Tourism, Beach Ecology, and Compound Disaster 7. Gendered Islands, Tourism, and Prostitution Discourse 8. Conclusion: Storytelling, Postcapitalism, and Interdisciplinarity