Tourism and Informal Encounters in Cuba Contributor(s): Simoni, Valerio (Author) |
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ISBN: 1782389482 ISBN-13: 9781782389484 Publisher: Berghahn Books
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: January 2016 Click for more in this series: New Directions in Anthropology |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Travel | Caribbean & West Indies |
Dewey: 338.479 |
LCCN: 2015012545 |
Series: New Directions in Anthropology |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" L (1.15 lbs) 282 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
Features: Bibliography, Index |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Based on a detailed ethnography, this book explores the promises and expectations of tourism in Cuba, drawing attention to the challenges that tourists and local people face in establishing meaningful connections with each other. Notions of informal encounter and relational idiom illuminate ambiguous experiences of tourism harassment, economic transactions, hospitality, friendship, and festive and sexual relationships. Comparing these various connections, the author shows the potential of touristic encounters to redefine their moral foundations, power dynamics, and implications, offering new insights into how contemporary relationships across difference and inequality are imagined and understood. |
Contributor Bio(s): Simoni, Valerio: - Valerio Simoni is Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, The Graduate Institute, Geneva. His work, grounded in ethnographic research in Cuba and Spain, focuses on the transformation of intimacy, morality, and economic practice in international tourism and migration. |
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