Tourism and Informal Encounters in Cuba

Tourism and Informal Encounters in Cuba
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Publisher : Berghahn Books
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 9781782389491
ISBN-13 : 1782389490
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Book Synopsis Tourism and Informal Encounters in Cuba by : Valerio Simoni

Download or read book Tourism and Informal Encounters in Cuba written by Valerio Simoni and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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