Behind the Smile : the Working Lives of Caribbean Tourism.
George Gmelch deftly fills in the background on Caribbean tourism and quickly gets to the oral histories that make up the bulk of his story. From airport employees to hotel managers to dive shop owners and tour guides, 21 workers from Barbados provide first-hand accounts of what it means to them and...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
2005
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | George Gmelch deftly fills in the background on Caribbean tourism and quickly gets to the oral histories that make up the bulk of his story. From airport employees to hotel managers to dive shop owners and tour guides, 21 workers from Barbados provide first-hand accounts of what it means to them and to their society to be reliant on tourism. Gmelch raises issues such as how race shapes interactions between "hosts" and "guests," the meaning of sexual encounters between locals and tourists, and how North American and European tourists are variously perceived. While there are drawbacks to wor. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (228 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780253110640 0253110645 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
