Tropical Whites : The Rise of the Tourist South in the Americas /

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This book explains how the tropical beach resort came to symbolize the iconic vacation landscape. The author argues that the tourism industry romanticized and commodified tropical nature in the global South, ultimately legitimizing cultural pluralism and concepts of modern identity.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Cocks, Catherine, 1967- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]
Édition:First edition.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Tourism.
Race relations.
Americans.
HISTORY > Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Tourism > Tropics > History > 20th century.
Tourism > Tropics > History > 19th century.
Americans > Tropics > History > 20th century.
Americans > Tropics > History > 19th century.
Tropics.
Tropics > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Tropics > Race relations > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Description
Résumé:This book explains how the tropical beach resort came to symbolize the iconic vacation landscape. The author argues that the tourism industry romanticized and commodified tropical nature in the global South, ultimately legitimizing cultural pluralism and concepts of modern identity.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (276 pages): illustrations (some color)
ISBN:9780812207958

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