1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453049303321

Autore

Freire-Medeiros Bianca

Titolo

Touring poverty / / Bianca Freire-Medeiros

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-84071-2

1-283-87199-8

1-136-89352-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in sociology ; ; 82

Disciplina

307.3/364

Soggetti

Slums

Tourism - Moral and ethical aspects

Tourism - Social aspects

Poverty

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Attraction to poverty, poverty as attraction -- pt. II. Producing, circulating and consuming the touristic favela.

Sommario/riassunto

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



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996432646903316

Autore

TOLEDO SANDE, Luis

Titolo

Cesto de llamas : biografía de José Martí / Luis Toledo Sande

Pubbl/distr/stampa

La Habana, : Editorial de Ciencias sociales, 1996

ISBN

959-06-0270-3

Descrizione fisica

312 p. : ill. ; 18 cm

Collana

Biografía

Disciplina

972.9105092

Soggetti

Martí, José <1853-1895> Biografie

Collocazione

VI.7.B. 3532

Lingua di pubblicazione

Spagnolo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia