Cosmopolitanism and Tourism
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Cosmopolitanism and Tourism

Rethinking Theory and Practice

  1. 235 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Cosmopolitanism and Tourism

Rethinking Theory and Practice

About this book

Within tourism studies, the cosmopolitan potentials of tourism have often been situated within a broader conversation about globalization, an approach that implies that cosmopolitanism is a predictable by-product of globalization and becoming more cosmopolitan should be the goal of travel. And yet a fundamental value of a cosmopolitan outlook—namely, to not only to be "at home in the world" but also to experience the world in an authentic sense—depends on the culturally embedded, parochial, and particular world views which it rejects. In Cosmopolitanism and Tourism: Rethinking Theory and Practice, contributors take this as a starting point. What does a "worldly" consciousness mean to people situated in different cultural landscapes and to what extent might these intersect with cosmopolitan values? How is cosmopolitanism marketed in tourism and tourist-related industries such as service learning and study abroad? And finally, what roles do social and economic class, educational background, gender, and other factors have in cosmopolitan claims? The contributors to this edited collection address these questions in a series of case studies that range from Guatemala, Bolivia, and Ireland to China, India, and Dubai.

For more information, check out A Conversation with Robert Shepherd, author of Cosmopolitanism and Tourism: Rethinking Theory and Practice.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Cosmopolitanism and Tourism
  3. Cosmopolitanism and Tourism
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Part I
  7. COSMOPOLITANS ON TOUR
  8. Chapter 1
  9. A Cosmopolitan Sense of Place
  10. Chapter 2
  11. Are We (Still) the World?
  12. Chapter 3
  13. Striving for Cosmopolitanism
  14. Chapter 4
  15. Making the Strange Familiar, but not Necessarily the Familiar Strange
  16. Part II
  17. ENCOUNTERING COSMOPOLITANISM
  18. Chapter 5
  19. From Bieber to the Buddha
  20. Chapter 6
  21. Dirty Work, Glamorous Migrant
  22. Chapter 7
  23. The Color Purple
  24. Chapter 8
  25. ā€œLocal-politanā€ Gastronomy and Bolivian Cuisine
  26. Conclusion
  27. Afterword
  28. Index
  29. About the Contributors