| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 270 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: Take me to my paradise -- Tourism's paradise : historical background -- Making paradise as a tourist desti-nation -- "Nature's little secrets" : marketing paradise and making nation -- Cultural negotiations : race, identity, and citizenship -- Like looking at ourselves in a mirror : collaborative ethnography in paradise -- Stanley's swing and other intimate encounters -- Of festivals, calypso kings, and beauty queens -- Performing paradise and making culture -- Conclusion: Technically, it's a country |
| Summary |
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) markets itself to international visitors as a paradise. But just whose paradise is it? Take Me to My Paradise looks at the many players in the BVI tourism culture, including immigrants working in a tourism economy, nationalists struggling to maintain some control, and the anthropologist trying to make sense of it all. The result is a richly detailed and accessible ethnography on the impact of tourism on a country that came into being as a tourist destination |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Tourism -- British Virgin Islands
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Culture and tourism -- British Virgin Islands
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Nationalism -- British Virgin Islands
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HISTORY -- Caribbean & West Indies -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Hospitality, Travel & Tourism.
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Culture and tourism
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Manners and customs
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Nationalism
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Tourism
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| SUBJECT |
British Virgin Islands -- Social life and customs
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| Subject |
British Virgin Islands
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009052304 |
| ISBN |
9780813550312 |
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0813550319 |
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1283864193 |
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9781283864190 |
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