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Behind the smile : the working lives of Caribbean tourism / / George Gmelch



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Autore: Gmelch George Visualizza persona
Titolo: Behind the smile : the working lives of Caribbean tourism / / George Gmelch Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-12581-0
9786613529671
0-253-00129-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910809897203321
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