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Sounds of Vacation : Political Economies of Caribbean Tourism /

The contributors to Sounds of Vacation examine the commodification of music and sound at popular vacation destinations throughout the Caribbean in order to tease out the relationships between political economy, hospitality, and the legacies of slavery and colonialism. Drawing on case studies from Ba...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Guilbault, Jocelyne (Editor ), Rommen, Timothy (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, [2019]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue
  • Introduction. The political economy of music and sound: case studies in the Caribbean tourism industry
  • 1. It sounds better in the Bahamas: musicians, management, and markets in Nassau's all-inclusive hotels
  • 2. Touristic rhythms: the club remix
  • 3. Listening for noise: seeking disturbing sounds in tourist spaces
  • 4. All-inclusive resorts in Sint Maarten and our common decolonial state: on butterflies that are caterpillars still in chrysalis
  • 5. Sound management listening to sandals halcyon in saint Lucia
  • Epilogue. The political economy of music and sound
  • References
  • Contributors
  • Index