02742oam 2200709I 450 991077945290332120230126202950.01-136-89351-20-203-84071-21-283-87199-81-136-89352-010.4324/9780203840719 (CKB)2550000000709694(EBL)1097867(OCoLC)823388822(SSID)ssj0000785236(PQKBManifestationID)12336885(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000785236(PQKBWorkID)10804136(PQKB)10705160(MiAaPQ)EBC1097867(Au-PeEL)EBL1097867(CaPaEBR)ebr10635042(CaONFJC)MIL418449(OCoLC)820785845(FINmELB)ELB137636(EXLCZ)99255000000070969420180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTouring poverty /Bianca Freire-MedeirosAbingdon, Oxon ;New York, N.Y. :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (225 p.)Routledge advances in sociology ;82Routledge advances in sociology ;82Description based upon print version of record.1-138-82268-X 0-415-59654-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. I. Attraction to poverty, poverty as attraction -- pt. II. Producing, circulating and consuming the touristic favela.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 raRoutledge Advances in SociologySlumsTourismMoral and ethical aspectsTourismSocial aspectsPovertySlums.TourismMoral and ethical aspects.TourismSocial aspects.Poverty.307.3/364Freire-Medeiros Bianca.1496382MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779452903321Touring poverty3721003UNINA