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Touring Poverty.

Touring Poverty addresses a highly controversial practice: the transformation of impoverished neighbourhoods into valued attractions for international tourists. In the megacities of the Global South, selected and idealized aspects of poverty are being turned into a tourist commodity for consumption....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Freire-Medeiros, Bianca
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Colección:Routledge advances in sociology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Touring Poverty addresses a highly controversial practice: the transformation of impoverished neighbourhoods into valued attractions for international tourists. In the megacities of the Global South, selected and idealized aspects of poverty are being turned into a tourist commodity for consumption. The book takes the reader on a journey through Rocinha, a neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro which is advertised as ""the largest favela in Latin America"". Bianca Freire-Medeiros presents interviews with tour operators, guides, tourists and dwellers to explore the vital questions ra.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (225 pages)
ISBN:9781136893520
1136893520
9780203840719
0203840712