The Good Holiday - Development, Tourism and the Politics of Benevolence in Mozambique

Drawing on ethnographic research in the village of Canhane, which is host to the first community tourism project in Mozambique, The Good Holiday explores the confluence of two powerful industries: tourism and development, and explains when, how and why tourism becomes development and development, tourism. The volume further explores the social and material consequences of this merging, presenting the confluence of tourism and development as a major vehicle for the exercise of ethics, and non-state governance in contemporary life.

List of contents

List of Figures, Tables and Diagrams

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. Introducing Tourism: Canhane

Chapter 2. The Appeal of Community

Chapter 3. Developmentourism

Chapter 4. The Enigma of Water

Chapter 5. The Walk

Chapter 6. Problematizing Poverty

Chapter 7. Non-Governmental Governance

Bibliography

Index

About the author

João Afonso Baptista is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Ethnology in the University of Hamburg and at the Institute of Social Sciences in the University of Lisbon.

Summary

Drawing on ethnographic research in the village of Canhane, which is host to the first community tourism project in Mozambique, The Good Holiday explores the confluence of two powerful industries: tourism and development, and explains when, how and why tourism becomes development and development, tourism. The volume further explores the social and material consequences of this merging, presenting the confluence of tourism and development as a major vehicle for the exercise of ethics, and non-state governance in contemporary life.

Additional text

“This book makes an important contribution to critical studies of tourism, and the growing corpus on Mozambican Studies as well as – and this is perhaps its most important contribution – adding significantly to analyses of consumerism and its ethical, economic and political dimensions.” · Bjørn Enge Bertelsen, University of Bergen

Product details

• Authors: Jo Baptista, Joaao Afonso Baptista, João Afonso Baptista, Jopo Afonso Baptista
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9781785335464
• ISBN: 978-1-78533-546-4
• No. of pages: 278
• Series: EASA Series; Easa; EASA Series; Easa; Easa Series, 30
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Mozambique, Social and cultural anthropology, Development Studies, Tourism industry, Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industries