Residential Tourism - (De)constructing Paradise

Informationen zum Autor Mason R. McWatters is a doctoral student in Geography at The University of Texas at Austin, where he previously earned a Master of Arts degree in Latin American Studies. His research interests are based in Central America and include such themes as consumption-oriented migration, representations of place and landscape, the socio-spatial effects of tourism, and the dynamic tension between preservation and development. Klappentext This book offers the first in-depth, critical exploration of the foreign retirement/expatriate communities proliferating in both size and number throughout Latin America. This book draws on a diversity of perspectives in order to analyze the social and spatial impacts that this dynamic phenomenon has on the people and places it directly affects. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter One: Understanding Residential Tourism Chapter Two: Spatial Interpretations: Seeing Landscape! Sensing Place Chapter Three: Locating Boquete in Space and Time Chapter Four: Longing for Landscape: Assessing Residential Tourists' Experiences of Boquete Chapter Five: The Estranging Place: Assessing Native Residents' Experiences of Boquete Chapter Six: Conclusion Appendix One: Boquete: a pueblo that is living the last days of its history. Written by Ulices UrriolaAppendix Two: This is the story of a farmer who sold his land to a foreigner for a great amount of money. Written by Ulices UrriolaAppendix Three: Methodological Notes References

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mason R McWatters, Mason R. Mcwatters, Mason R. (The University of Texas At Au Mcwatters
• Editore: Multilingual Matters
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 21.11.2008
• EAN: 9781845410919
• ISBN: 978-1-84541-091-9
• Pagine: 160
• Serie: Tourism and Cultural Change; Tourism and Cultural Change
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Libri sul benessere, vita quotidiana > Condotta di vita, auto-realizzazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Singoli rami economici, branche