Behind the smile [[electronic resource] ] : the working lives of Caribbean tourism / / George Gmelch

• Autore: Gmelch George
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2012
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.7/619172981
• Soggetto topico: Tourism - Caribbean Area; Tourism - Caribbean Area - Employees
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Behind 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 deve
• Titolo autorizzato: Behind the smile
• ISBN: 1-280-12581-0; 9786613529671; 0-253-00129-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779035403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II