Illustrated by revealing interviews with women and men in the
tourist resorts in the Sinai, Egypt, this book is ostensibly about
western women who sleep with 'native' men while on holiday.
Broadening the scope of issues involved, it examines the link
between these holiday romances and a much wider romanticism of
place and people - of the landscapes of paradise, deserts and the
lure of the Bedouin sheikh - that are used to sell these
destinations. It argues that the romantic stereotyping and
deliberate positioning of 'Third World' resorts as places that
somehow exist outside of the modernities the women come from is
inextricably bound up in the relationships. Similarly, for the
local man the tourist resort is perceived as a place other than his
own cultural space and time and represents a modernity that is
otherwise only found in the 'West'. The relationships that ensue
can therefore only occur because the tourist resort acts as an
intermediate space. In analyzing the interaction of these men and
women within the context of modernity, the book provides insights
into gender issues to do with globalization, travel and sexuality,
as well as opening up the debate on sex tourism and showing this to
be a lot more ambiguous and complicated than it might at first
appear.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
New Directions in Tourism Analysis |
| Release date: |
September 2016 |
| First published: |
2010 |
| Authors: |
Jessica Jacobs
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
154 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-25014-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Earth & environment >
Geography >
General
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-138-25014-7 |
| Barcode: |
9781138250147 |
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