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UNINA9910812679203321 |
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Autore |
Freire-Medeiros Bianca |
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Titolo |
Touring poverty / / Bianca Freire-Medeiros |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-89351-2 |
0-203-84071-2 |
1-283-87199-8 |
1-136-89352-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge advances in sociology ; ; 82 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Slums |
Tourism - Moral and ethical aspects |
Tourism - Social aspects |
Poverty |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. I. Attraction to poverty, poverty as attraction -- pt. II. Producing, circulating and consuming the touristic favela. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Touring Poverty addresses a highly controversial practice: the transformation of impoverished neighbourhoods into valued attractions for international tourists. In the megacities of the Global South, selected and idealized aspects of poverty are being turned into a tourist commodity for consumption.The book takes the reader on a journey through Rocinha, a neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro which is advertised as ""the largest favela in Latin America"". Bianca Freire-Medeiros presents interviews with tour operators, guides, tourists and dwellers to explore the vital questions ra |
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