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Slumming It - The tourist valorisation of urban poverty (Paperback) Loot Price: R240
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Slumming It - The tourist valorisation of urban poverty (Paperback): Fabian Frenzel

Slumming It - The tourist valorisation of urban poverty (Paperback)

Fabian Frenzel

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Have slums become 'cool'? More and more tourists from across the globe seem to think so as they discover favelas, ghettos, townships and barrios on leisurely visits. But while slum tourism often evokes moral outrage, critics rarely ask about what motivates this tourism, or what wider consequences and effects it initiates.

In this provocative book, Fabian Frenzel investigates the lure that slums exert on their better-off visitors, looking at the many ways in which this curious form of attraction ignites changes both in the slums themselves and on the world stage. Covering slums ranging from Rio de Janeiro to Bangkok, and multiple cities in South Africa, Kenya and India, Slumming It examines the roots and consequences of a growing phenomenon whose effects have ranged from gentrification and urban policy reform to the organization of international development and poverty alleviation.

Controversially, Frenzel argues that the rise of slum tourism has drawn attention to important global justice issues, and is far more complex than we initially acknowledged.

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Imprint: BestRed
Country of origin: South Africa
Release date: September 2016
Authors: Fabian Frenzel
Dimensions: 210 x 131 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 978-1-928246-08-4
Categories: Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic theory & philosophy
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Poverty
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Unemployment
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Service industries > Tourism industry
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LSN: 1-928246-08-7
Barcode: 9781928246084

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