Tourism and Informal Encounters in Cuba (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	New Directions in Anthropology
Release date:	April 2018
Authors:	Valerio Simoni
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	282
ISBN-13:	978-1-78533-833-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Service industries > Tourism industry
LSN:	1-78533-833-1
Barcode:	9781785338335

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