Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 259 pages) |
Series |
Routledge research in postcolonial literatures ; 33 |
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Routledge research in postcolonial literatures ; 33.
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Contents |
Introduction -- Tourism and nature. Visual perception and touristed landscapes -- Contested environments: tourism, indigeneity, and ideologies of development -- Tourism, desecration, and sacred land -- Tourism and culture. Touristification and cultural sustainability -- Tourism and reindigenization -- Sex, tourism, and embodied experience. Sex tourism, beach ecology, and compound disaster -- Gendered islands, tourism, and prostitution discourse -- Conclusion: storytelling, postcapitalism, and interdisciplinarity |
Summary |
Carrigan here examines the aesthetic portrayal of tourism in postcolonial literatures. Looking at the cultural and ecological effects of mass tourism development in states that are still grappling with the legacies of 'western' colonialism, he argues that postcolonial writers provide blueprints toward sustainable tourism futures |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Commonwealth literature (English) -- History and criticism
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Tourism in literature.
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Ecology in literature.
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Postcolonialism in literature.
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Culture and tourism -- Commonwealth countries
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Tourism -- Environmental aspects -- Commonwealth countries
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Tourism -- Social aspects -- Commonwealth countries
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Ecocriticism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Commonwealth literature (English)
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Culture and tourism
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Ecocriticism
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Ecology in literature
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Postcolonialism in literature
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Tourism -- Environmental aspects
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Tourism in literature
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Tourism -- Social aspects
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Commonwealth countries
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2010031060 |
ISBN |
9780203832097 |
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0203832094 |
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9781136833922 |
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1136833927 |
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9781136833878 |
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1136833870 |
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9781136833915 |
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1136833919 |
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9780415810999 |
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041581099X |
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1283040875 |
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9781283040877 |
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9786613040879 |
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6613040878 |
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