Culture and Society in Tourism Contexts (Emerald Group Pub., 2012)
Includes bibliographical references
Front Cover; Culture and Society in Tourism Contexts; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; The social nature of tourism; Structure of the book; Tourism and power; 1. Instrumental Cosmopolitanism: The ''Valorization'' of Heritage and Sociality in Mediterranean Cities; Introduction; Cosmopolitanism in the mediterranean; Conclusion; 2. Touring the Frontier: Reinventing the Eastern Adriatic for Tourism; Introduction; Tourism, national appropriations, and identities; Conclusion; 3. When the Desirable and the Feasible Converge Through Tourism Space; Introduction
Fragmentary observationsConclusion; Acknowledgments; 4. Negotiating Marrakech: Postcolonial Travels in Morocco; Introduction; Destination Marrakech; Conclusion; 5. Building Tourism in Costa Blanca: Second Homes, Second Chances?; Introduction; Mobilities and the ''building tourism'' complex; Conclusion; 6. Across Social Categories and Boundaries: Transnational Mobilities and Interculturality; Introduction; From hinterland to paradise; Conclusion; 7. Borders of (In)visibility in the Greek Aegean; Introduction; Borders of (in)visibility; Conclusion; Acknowledgments
Conclusion: Sociocultural Nature and Context of TourismIntroduction; The tempo-spatialization of culture and tourism; Concluding the volume; References; About the authors
This book strives to understand the social and cultural dynamics in Mediterranean tourist destinations through ethnographic examples from Greece, Spain, Egypt, France, Malta and Crete. It observes and examines the social, cultural and relational processes involved as migrants, tourists and new residents converge with locals in daily life