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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818599103321

Titolo

Cultures of mass tourism [[electronic resource] ] : doing the Mediterranean in the age of banal mobilities / / edited by Pau Obrador Pons, Mike Crang and Penny Travlou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, c2009

ISBN

1-315-57556-6

1-317-15565-3

1-317-15564-5

1-282-26143-6

9786612261435

0-7546-9776-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

New directions in tourism analysis

Altri autori (Persone)

PonsPau Obrador

CrangMike

TravlouPenny

Disciplina

306.4/819091822

306.48190918

Soggetti

Tourism - Mediterranean Region - Marketing

Culture and tourism - Mediterranean Region

Package tours - Mediterranean Region

Mediterranean Region Social conditions

Mediterranean Region Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Authors; 1 Introduction: Taking Mediterranean Tourists Seriously; 2 Morocco: Restaging Colonialism for the Masses; 3 Banal Tourism? Between Cosmopolitanism and Orientalism; 4 The Island That Was Not There: Producing Corelli's Island, Staging Kefalonia; 5 The Mediterranean Pool: Cultivating Hospitality in the Coastal Hotel; 6 'De Veraneo en la Playa': Belonging and the Familiar in Mediterranean Mass Tourism; 7 Hosts and Guests, Guests and Hosts: British Residential Tourism in the Costa del Sol; 8 Mobile Practice and Youth Tourism



9 Corrupted Seas: The Mediterranean in the Age of Mass MobilityIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Cultures of Mass Tourism discusses how mass tourism has brought about new social and cultural formations that mix global, national and local influences and offers a series of insights into some of the key sites. It looks at the new forms and spaces created, as well as the social practices and materialities of mass tourism to provide an thorough analysis of the subject.