02702nam 2200613 a 450 991080989720332120230802004937.01-280-12581-097866135296710-253-00129-3(CKB)2550000000098785(EBL)816832(OCoLC)784938609(SSID)ssj0000611386(PQKBManifestationID)12228625(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000611386(PQKBWorkID)10646004(PQKB)10196045(MiAaPQ)EBC4434985(MiAaPQ)EBC816832(Au-PeEL)EBL4434985(CaPaEBR)ebr10537959(CaONFJC)MIL352967(Au-PeEL)EBL816832(CaPaEBR)ebr11097861(EXLCZ)99255000000009878520111007d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBehind the smile the working lives of Caribbean tourism /George Gmelch2nd ed.Bloomington Indiana University Pressc20121 online resource (274 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-00123-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; Preface; Preface to the Second Edition; 1 Island Tourism; 2 Work and Encounters in Tourism; 3 The Airport; 4 The Hotel; 5 The Beach; 6 The Attractions; 7 The Research and Promotion of Tourism; 8 Conclusion; Epilogue: Student Encounters with Tourists and Tourism; Acknowledgments; Acknowledgments for the Second Edition; Bibliography; IndexBehind the Smile is an inside look at the world of Caribbean tourism as seen through the lives of the men and women in the tourist industry in Barbados. The workers represent every level of tourism, from maid to hotel manager, beach gigolo to taxi driver, red cap to diving instructor. These highly personal accounts offer insight into complex questions surrounding tourism: how race shapes interactions between tourists and workers, how tourists may become agents of cultural change, the meaning of sexual encounters between locals and tourists, and the real economic and ecological costs of deveTourismCaribbean AreaAnecdotesTourismCaribbean AreaEmployeesAnecdotesTourismTourismEmployees331.7/619172981Gmelch George273072MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809897203321Behind the smile4060247UNINA